--- title: "14 Said Quotes By Daniel Handler" description: "14 Said quotes by Daniel Handler. Plus more from Daniel Handler and more Said sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e19/daniel-handler-1043_offense_stop-saying-no-offense-i-said-when-you-s_2119134.jpg" --- > [Stop saying no offense,” I said, “when you say offensive things. It’s not a free pass.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-handler/stop-saying-no-offense-i-said-when-you-say-offensive-things-it-s-not/) [Daniel Handler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-handler/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e19/daniel-handler-1043_offense_stop-saying-no-offense-i-said-when-you-s_2119134.jpg) > [I wrote Rick before I was published, and I had no vision of it, really. It was just a story that occurred…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-handler/i-wrote-rick-before-i-was-published-and-i-had-no-vision-of-it-really/) [Daniel Handler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-handler/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/de4/daniel-handler-1043_brain_i-wrote-rick-before-i-was-published-and_1584335.jpg) > [I was once almost forced off the stage at a large chain bookstore that shall remain nameless, because she introduced me as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-handler/i-was-once-almost-forced-off-the-stage-at-a-large-chain-bookstore/) [Daniel Handler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-handler/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/375/daniel-handler-1043_bookstores_i-was-once-almost-forced-off-the-stage-a_2503127.jpg) > [Daniel Handler's a writer, musician and the author of, among other things, the "Series Of Unfortunate Events" books. He also wrote the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-handler/daniel-handler-s-a-writer-musician-and-the-author-of-among-other/) [Daniel Handler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-handler/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/11d/daniel-handler-1043_available_daniel-handler-s-a-writer-musician-and-t_2107701.jpg) > [It turns out she is Canadian, my editor, and so she drinks like a fish. So she wasn't a lightweight at all.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-handler/it-turns-out-she-is-canadian-my-editor-and-so-she-drinks-like-a-fish/) [Daniel Handler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-handler/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/038/daniel-handler-1043_drink_it-turns-out-she-is-canadian-my-editor-a_3171762.jpg) > [Twenty-six,” you said. “One for each day we’ve been together, Min.”Somebody oohed. Somebody shushed them. “And I hope that someday I’ll do…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-handler/twenty-six-you-said-one-for-each-day-we-ve-been-together-min-somebody/) [Daniel Handler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-handler/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9c7/daniel-handler-1043_each-day_twenty-six-you-said-one-for-each-day-we_2427315.jpg) > [The whole thing of what I’ve been trying,” you said, “is that you’re different, and you keep asking about the other girls,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-handler/the-whole-thing-of-what-i-ve-been-trying-you-said-is-that-you-re/) [Daniel Handler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-handler/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5b1/daniel-handler-1043_asking_the-whole-thing-of-what-i-ve-been-trying_111774.jpg) > [...and then of course the music sprang up, lousy rock as bold and dull as a giant potato. “Love this song,” Todd…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-handler/and-then-of-course-the-music-sprang-up-lousy-rock-as-bold-and-dull-as/) [Daniel Handler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-handler/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f65/daniel-handler-1043_brave_and-then-of-course-the-music-sprang-up-l_303318.jpg) > [It is often said that reading is a gift, but to my mind that is an insufficient description, for the size of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-handler/it-is-often-said-that-reading-is-a-gift-but-to-my-mind-that-is-an/) [Daniel Handler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-handler/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/890/daniel-handler-1043_description_it-is-often-said-that-reading-is-a-gift_2259753.jpg) > [I had written eight drafts of the Lemony Snicket' screenplay when this changing-of-the-guard thing happened, and I said to the new producers,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-handler/i-had-written-eight-drafts-of-the-lemony-snicket-screenplay-when-this/) [Daniel Handler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-handler/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/867/daniel-handler-1043_eight_i-had-written-eight-drafts-of-the-lemony_298680.jpg) > [It's different," you said. "You've made, Min, everything different for me. Everything's like coffee you made me try, better than I ever…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-handler/it-s-different-you-said-you-ve-made-min-everything-different-for-me/) [Daniel Handler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-handler/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1e9/daniel-handler-1043_bed_it-s-different-you-said-you-ve-made-min_944171.jpg) > [I'd written my first novel for adults, which was called Basic Eight and was set in a high school, and we were…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-handler/i-d-written-my-first-novel-for-adults-which-was-called-basic-eight/) [Daniel Handler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-handler/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/23b/daniel-handler-1043_adults_i-d-written-my-first-novel-for-adults-wh_2788631.jpg) > [ I'd finished the first two \[books\] and they were going to to be published, and \[editor\] said, "We need you to write… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-handler/i-d-finished-the-first-two-books-and-they-were-going-to-to-be/) [Daniel Handler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-handler/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2a7/daniel-handler-1043_book_i-d-finished-the-first-two-books-and-the_2143218.jpg) > [ I met \[my editor\] in a bar where alcoholic beverages are served and I bought her one and I told her the… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-handler/i-met-my-editor-in-a-bar-where-alcoholic-beverages-are-served-and-i/) [Daniel Handler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-handler/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ac0/daniel-handler-1043_alcoholics_i-met-my-editor-in-a-bar-where-alcoholic_2914123.jpg) ## Other authors on Said ## More by Daniel Handler > [We laughed the rest of the way, because the point of this story is, it is not the cookies. It is the love.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-handler/we-laughed-the-rest-of-the-way-because-the-point-of-this-story-is-it/) [Daniel Handler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-handler/) > [I started making plans, thinking we would get that far.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-handler/i-started-making-plans-thinking-we-would-get-that-far/) [Daniel Handler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-handler/) > [I can't imagine why you would want to take your child to see what the career of a writer is like, because it mostly…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-handler/i-can-t-imagine-why-you-would-want-to-take-your-child-to-see-what-the/) [Daniel Handler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-handler/) > [“All the deaths are dead for nothing but you're not dead at all.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-handler/all-the-deaths-are-dead-for-nothing-but-you-re-not-dead-at-all/) [daniel handler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-handler/) > [“I love you so soundly and I will do anything to drag you forward.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-handler/i-love-you-so-soundly-and-i-will-do-anything-to-drag-you-forward/) [Daniel Handler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-handler/) > [I’d ruin any day, all my days, for those long nights with you, and I did.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-handler/i-d-ruin-any-day-all-my-days-for-those-long-nights-with-you-and-i-did/) [Daniel Handler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-handler/) > [Chestnuts in stuffing tastes like someone chewed up a tree branch and then French-kissed it into your mouth.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-handler/chestnuts-in-stuffing-tastes-like-someone-chewed-up-a-tree-branch-and/) [Daniel Handler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-handler/) > [Lemony Snicket. Now, I'm told - the books, of course, starting from the very first one, became hugely popular, selling millions and millions. And…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-handler/lemony-snicket-now-i-m-told-the-books-of-course-starting-from-the/) [Daniel Handler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-handler/) > [“The matches were a little 'he loves me, he loves me not,' but then I saw right on the box that I had twenty-four,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-handler/the-matches-were-a-little-he-loves-me-he-loves-me-not-but-then-i-saw/) [Daniel Handler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-handler/) > [I didn't like books where people played on a sports team and won a bunch of games, or went to summer camp and had…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-handler/i-didn-t-like-books-where-people-played-on-a-sports-team-and-won-a/) [Daniel Handler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-handler/) > [I love no one but you, I have discovered, but you are far away and I am here alone.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-handler/i-love-no-one-but-you-i-have-discovered-but-you-are-far-away-and-i-am/) [Daniel Handler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-handler/) > [The Basic Eight and Watch Your Mouth both have first-person voices, and I ended up investigating those voices and investing so much in them…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-handler/the-basic-eight-and-watch-your-mouth-both-have-first-person-voices/) [Daniel Handler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-handler/) > [The Long Goodbye' is one book I like to read over and over again, and it was an enormous inspiration for 'All The Wrong…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-handler/the-long-goodbye-is-one-book-i-like-to-read-over-and-over-again-and/) [Daniel Handler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-handler/) > [The whole thing of what I’ve been trying,” you said, “is that you’re different, and you keep asking about the other girls, but what…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-handler/the-whole-thing-of-what-i-ve-been-trying-you-said-is-that-you-re/) [Daniel Handler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-handler/) > [ I wrote a comedy, which hopefully \[Rick director\] Curtiss Clayton will bring to the screen, that I thought was the antithesis of all my… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-handler/i-wrote-a-comedy-which-hopefully-rick-director-curtiss-clayton-will/) [Daniel Handler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-handler/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/said/daniel-handler/#itemlist", "name": "14 Said Quotes By Daniel Handler", "numberOfItems": 14, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Stop saying no offense,” I said, “when you say offensive things. 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So she wasn't a lightweight at all. And in the morning, she said that the idea still seemed like a good one, and here we are.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Daniel Handler" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-handler/it-turns-out-she-is-canadian-my-editor-and-so-she-drinks-like-a-fish/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/038/daniel-handler-1043_drink_it-turns-out-she-is-canadian-my-editor-a_3171762.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/038/daniel-handler-1043_drink_it-turns-out-she-is-canadian-my-editor-a_3171762.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/038/daniel-handler-1043_drink_it-turns-out-she-is-canadian-my-editor-a_3171762.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“It turns out she is Canadian, my editor, and so she drinks like a fish. 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With you.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Daniel Handler" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-handler/twenty-six-you-said-one-for-each-day-we-ve-been-together-min-somebody/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9c7/daniel-handler-1043_each-day_twenty-six-you-said-one-for-each-day-we_2427315.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9c7/daniel-handler-1043_each-day_twenty-six-you-said-one-for-each-day-we_2427315.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9c7/daniel-handler-1043_each-day_twenty-six-you-said-one-for-each-day-we_2427315.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Twenty-six,” you said. “One for each day we’ve been together, Min.”Somebody oohed. 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Everything's like coffee you made me try, better than I ever - or the places I didn't even know were right on the street, you know? I'm like this thing I saw when I was little, where a kid hears a noise under his bed and there's a ladder there that's never been there before, and he climbs down and, it's for kids I know, but this song starts playing ...\" Your eyes were traveling in the treey light.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Daniel Handler" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-handler/it-s-different-you-said-you-ve-made-min-everything-different-for-me/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1e9/daniel-handler-1043_bed_it-s-different-you-said-you-ve-made-min_944171.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1e9/daniel-handler-1043_bed_it-s-different-you-said-you-ve-made-min_944171.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1e9/daniel-handler-1043_bed_it-s-different-you-said-you-ve-made-min_944171.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“It's different,\" you said. \"You've made, Min, everything different for me. 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