Available Quote by Daniel Handler

There's a series of children's books called A Series of Unfortunate Events, which is like an incredibly dark version of Roald Dahl. I hope…

— Barry Sonnenfeld

Evan Handler is a man who’s looked into the abyss and laughed. His book, It’s Only Temporary, made me laugh along with him. He…

— Lance Armstrong

Evan Handler is not only a fine actor, he’s a damn good writer. It’s Only Temporary is wise and funny and as righteously indignant…

— Meghan Daum

Like a lot of people whose children were small in the 2000s, I read [Daniel Handler] books out loud and I loved them.

— Daniel Handler

“The first book that I bought with my own money was "The Blue Aspic" by Edward Gorey. In fact, when the first two volumes…

— Daniel Handler

“Well, this is a story about books.” “About books?” “About accursed books, about the man who wrote them, about a character who broke out…

— Carlos Ruiz Zafón

Well, this is a story about books." About books?" About accursed books, about a man who wrote them, about a character who broke out…

— Carlos Ruiz Zafon

One of my favorite authors to read is Eric Ambler, who helped pioneer the form of realistic suspense novels.

— David Grann

A good book is an event in my life.

— Stendhal

Stephen King writes a lot of things that are really charming and quirky, and that are more ironic than horror.

— William H. Macy

“Writers just play out their fantasies in their books. They are often very unstable, tricky people, Bertie. Writers are usually very bad at real…

— Alexander McCall Smith

“The thing I hated while reading this book, it turns out, was me. Bad things happen, and shoulders are shrugged. The most serious of…

— Hugh Howey