“ I write every day weekdays for about 5 hours, mostly longhand on legal pads. It has gotten neither harder nor easier, sadly or happily. Daniel Handler
“ I write longhand on legal pads, about half at home and half in cafes. I drink a lot of water and eat a lot of raw carrots. Daniel Handler
“ You know I want to be a directos, but you could never truly see the movies in my head and that, Ed, is why we broke up. Daniel Handler
“ A library is like an island in the middle of a vast sea of ignorance, particularly if the library is very tall and the surrounding area has been flooded. Daniel Handler
“ 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 try to be a good person is because I think it's the right thing to do. If I c… 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 a wonderful time. I really liked a book where a witch might cut a child's head off or… Daniel Handler
“ I like to give people novels I think they would like, on no particular occasion - just when we're in a bookstore together. I like to receive reference books on my birthday. Daniel Handler
“ 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 ready for our rebellious phase we can’t help… Daniel Handler
“ The window rattles without you, you bastard. The trees are the cause, rattling in the wind, you jerk, the wind scraping those leaves and twigs against my window. They'll keep doing this, you terrible… Daniel Handler
“ I'm dumping the whole box back into your life Ed, every item of you and me. I'm dumping this box on your porch, Ed, but it's you, Ed, who is getting dumped. Daniel Handler
“ But before, not so long ago - my own rose from prom still OK on the mirror, dried but not a corpse - you were just Ed Slaterton, jocky hero, handsome in the student newspaper and star of a million str… Daniel Handler
“ I'd ruin any day, all my days, for those long nights with you. And I did. But that right there was why it was doomed. Daniel Handler
“ Call me later, you’d said, so I could call you later, at night, and it is those nights I miss you, Ed, the most, on the phone, you beautiful bastard. Daniel Handler
“ He thought she knew what he meant, but the biggest mistake you can make is thinking they know what you mean. Daniel Handler
“ No, when you love someone you spend hours and hours with them, and even the mightiest forces in the netherworld could not say whether the hours you spend increase your love or if you simply spend more… Daniel Handler
“ This is how it is in life and love. In life and love we are with people for a while, and then we join other people, people we have not met, and we walk with them, and we leave behind all the things we… Daniel Handler
“ I know you can't see it, not you, Ed, but maybe if I tell you the whole plot you'll understand it this once, because even now I want you to see it. I don't love you anymore, of course I don't, but the… Daniel Handler
“ The movie was kickass, which was appropriate, because tonight it was called Kickass: The Movie. Daniel Handler
“ And then like a song we'd forgotten was even on the mix, you stepped into the house and my whole life. Daniel Handler
