who would dare think that, forever? Some idiot girl who wouldn’t know how things played out. — Daniel Handler Copy Share Image
I think pirates, like astronauts, particularly for a boy, are always kind of worth thinking about. — Daniel Handler Copy Share Image
I can't think of a story that doesn't have something terrible in it. Otherwise, it's dull. So when I embarked into the… — Daniel Handler Copy Share Image
When you say, "History is written by the winners," you like to think about someone who isn't you. You want to think,… — Daniel Handler Copy Share Image
Let’s go, let’s go together toward something extraordinary and I started making plans, thinking we would get that far. — Daniel Handler Copy Share Image
The whole thing of what I’ve been trying,” you said, “is that you’re different, and you keep asking about the other girls,… — Daniel Handler Copy Share Image
I kind of always think my work is unfilmable, and when I meet people who are interested in filming it, I'm always… — Daniel Handler Copy Share Image
I like to give people novels I think they would like, on no particular occasion - just when we're in a bookstore… — Daniel Handler Copy Share Image
I do think of emotions as being on a circular path, so you can feel terrible and terrible and terrible, and then… — Daniel Handler Copy Share Image
The Basic Eight and Watch Your Mouth both have first-person voices, and I ended up investigating those voices and investing so much… — Daniel Handler Copy Share Image
I wrote a comedy, which hopefully [Rick director] Curtiss Clayton will bring to the screen, that I thought was the antithesis of… — Daniel Handler Copy Share Image
I'm not a believer in predetermined fates, being rewarded for one's efforts. I'm not a believer in karma. The reason why I… — Daniel Handler Copy Share Image
How wrong to think I was anyone else, like thinking grass stains make you a beautiful view, like getting kissed makes you… — Daniel Handler Copy Share Image
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,… — Daniel Handler Copy Share Image
I’m not a romantic, I’m a half-wit. Only stupid people would think I’m smart. I’m not something anyone should know. I’m a… — Daniel Handler Copy Share Image
I think if I were walking someplace and I saw a corpse my brain would tell me it was a million things… — Daniel Handler Copy Share Image
I think there are probably just as many adults who would miss the humor of my books, if not more, as there… — Daniel Handler Copy Share Image
I was not a particularly brave child, I think, because I had a narrative mind, because my mind automatically went to any… — Daniel Handler Copy Share Image
You'd think that sweet would be a land far, far away from irritating, but as it turns out they're right next door,… — Daniel Handler Copy Share Image
I don't think film is the writer's medium, and so I was interested to see what a director would do with it. — Daniel Handler Copy Share Image
I always think it's silly when people talk about works of culture taking risks. Because there's not any risk involved. — Daniel Handler Copy Share Image
There are secrets everywhere. I think everyone's parents have secrets. You just have to know where to look for them. — Daniel Handler Copy Share Image
I like to think that I get better and better as a writer, but it seems pretty easy to me to slip… — Daniel Handler Copy Share Image
People worry more about girls, for a good reason: I don't think my parents thought I was going to be raped by… — Daniel Handler Copy Share Image
I think I’ve always believed that there is one person in the universe who you’re truly meant for–for whom you are truly… — Daniel Handler Copy Share Image
I'd written my first novel for adults, which was called Basic Eight and was set in a high school, and we were… — Daniel Handler Copy Share Image
I've never had a musical career. So I think it's been unaffected. I play the accordion. In terms of thinking of it… — Daniel Handler Copy Share Image
I never thought about whether film is inherently more sincere, because certainly I think if Guy Maddin had directed A Series Of… — Daniel Handler Copy Share Image
I'm always interested to see what films are made of books. I kind of don't participate as a filmgoer in any kind… — Daniel Handler Copy Share Image
I'd finished the first two [books] and they were going to to be published, and [editor] said, "We need you to write… — Daniel Handler Copy Share Image
I don’t smoke, although it looks fantastic in films. But I light matches on those thinking blank nights when I crawl my… — Daniel Handler Copy Share Image
We laughed the rest of the way, because the point of this story is, it is not the cookies. It is the love. — Daniel Handler Copy Share Image
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… — Daniel Handler Copy Share Image
“I love you so soundly and I will do anything to drag you forward.” — Daniel Handler Copy Share Image
I’d ruin any day, all my days, for those long nights with you, and I did. — Daniel Handler Copy Share Image
Chestnuts in stuffing tastes like someone chewed up a tree branch and then French-kissed it into your mouth. — Daniel Handler Copy Share Image
Lemony Snicket. Now, I'm told - the books, of course, starting from the very first one, became hugely popular, selling millions and millions. And… — Daniel Handler Copy Share Image
“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,… — Daniel Handler Copy Share Image
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… — Daniel Handler Copy Share Image
I love no one but you, I have discovered, but you are far away and I am here alone. — Daniel Handler Copy Share Image
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… — Daniel Handler Copy Share Image
![“I wrote a comedy, which hopefully [Rick director] Curtiss Clayton will bring to the screen, that I thought was the antithesis of all my work. I thought it was light and sunshiny, and Mr. Clayton reminded me that it is the story of a woman kidnapped and forced to do things against her will, which…” quote by Daniel Handler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/eda/daniel-handler-1043_antithesis_i-wrote-a-comedy-which-hopefully-rick-di_130261.jpg)
![“I'd finished the first two [books] and they were going to to be published, and [editor] said, "We need you to write a summary that will drive people to these books." And it took forever. I couldn't think of a thing to say. I looked at the back of other children's books that were full of giddy…” quote by Daniel Handler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/2a7/daniel-handler-1043_book_i-d-finished-the-first-two-books-and-the_2143218.jpg)
