Daniel Handler Quotes

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• Any playlist without Prince is no friend of mine.
• Blank paper has always inspired me.
• 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 world of picture…
• I kind of always think my work is unfilmable, and when I meet people who are interested in filming it, I'm always stunned.
• I was not a particularly brave child, I think, because I had a narrative mind, because my mind automatically went to any terrible thing that…
• I like writing for movies. It's nice to be alone working on fiction in your room, and then it's nice to be in a room…
• I'm always interested to see what films are made of books. I kind of don't participate as a filmgoer in any kind of debate about…
• Maybe, generations ago, young people rebelled out of some clear motive, but now, we know we're rebelling. Between teen movies and sex-ed textbooks we're so…
• I waited just to see you at that kind of peace, I wanted to be beside you, I wanted you to wake up slowly or…
• There is only laughing across the land as the car moves you along, on your way someplace with love in the car.
• This world is suchier than we are, and the best thing to do is keep moving and find your keys.
• The right boys I always toss and the wrong ones I keep on top of me like paperweights.
• People aren't either wicked or noble. They're like chef's salads, with good things and bad things chopped and mixed together in a vinaigrette of confusion…
• No matter who you are, no matter where you live, and no matter how many people are chasing you, what you don't read is often…
• The rinsed foam swirled into one drain that always clogged come October when the maples dropped Canadian propaganda over everything.
• Thinking about something is like picking up a stone when taking a walk, either while skipping rocks on the beach, for example, or looking for…
• Fate is like a strange, unpopular restaurant filled with odd little waiters who bring you things you never asked for and don't always like.
• Taking one’s chances is like taking a bath, because sometimes you end up feeling comfortable and warm, and sometimes there is something terrible lurking around…
• Never trust anyone who has not brought a book with them.
• It is a curious thing, the death of a loved one. We all know that our time in this world is limited, and that eventually…

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