Daniel Handler
Daniel Handler
Daniel Handleris an American writer and journalist. He is best known for his work under the pen name Lemony Snicket, having published children's series A Series of Unfortunate Events and All the Wrong Questions under this pseudonym. He has also published adult novels under his real name; his first book The Basic Eight was rejected by many publishers for its dark subject matter. His most recent book is We Are Pirates. Handler has also played the accordion in several bands...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth28 February 1970
CitySan Francisco, CA
CountryUnited States of America
We laughed the rest of the way, because the point of this story is, it is not the cookies. It is the love.
I want to love you and take you pretty places. Yes, I have things wrong, but also I can walk through walls if you'll let me show you.
We need things, and the opposite of them, and we are so rarely completely comfortable.
Tell me what it is, or prepare to eat harpoon.
I always think it's silly when people talk about works of culture taking risks. Because there's not any risk involved.
Sometimes words are not enough.
The movie was kickass, which was appropriate, because tonight it was called Kickass: The Movie.
There are some who go through life with a shadow hanging over them, particularly if they live in a building which has long wide awnings.
I think there are probably just as many adults who would miss the humor of my books, if not more, as there are children.
Waiting is one of life’s hardships.
Never look a gift lion in the mouth.
who would dare think that, forever? Some idiot girl who wouldn’t know how things played out.
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 that I think many people took them more seriously than they ought to have.
The quoting of an aphorism, like the angry barking of a dog or the smell of overcooked broccoli, rarely indicates that something helpful is about to happen.