Daniel Handler Quotes
I write every day weekdays for about 5 hours, mostly longhand on legal pads. It has gotten neither harder nor easier, sadly or happily.
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I think I'd be a million times more successful and more iconic if I was a singer in the '40s. I'd be allowed a level of mystery, and I think I'd suit that decade.
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For me, there is no such thing as a negative experience.
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When you have a half slice of chocolate pie, it's as if you owe yourself the other half - what's known in medical circles as a 'caloric deficit.'
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Let us remember: One book, one pen, one child, and one teacher can change the world.
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Follow your instincts. That's where true wisdom manifests itself.
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I work hard and support myself.
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If the government would like to hire my services to maximize value for their stake, they should approach me. No problem.
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When you're a standup comic, you get up and you try stuff, and you're always kind of seeing how far you can push things.
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I am still hungry; I still hate defeats. There is no substitute for victories.
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Obviously, I'm not a singer. I don't consider myself a singer.
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Because if you have a strong foundation like we have, then you can build or rebuild anything on it. But if you've got a weak foundation you can't build anything.
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There is no uncreated being except God. God has no opposite.
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Love is of all passions the strongest, for it attacks simultaneously the head, the heart and the senses.
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One of the greatest fears of the Arab world is a direct conflict between Israel and the Islamic State.
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I dream of not having access to technology. I think it's a very wonderful time that we have found ourselves in, in terms of access to information, but alone time is better for some personalities than others. And I would very gladly give it up. I think I'd do very well.
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Having lived through the transition from totalitarianism, I am acutely mindful of the need to never take for granted the basic freedoms of thought, expression and belief that democracy brings.
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Something like 'Sex And The City' was insulting - women all clawing on to their youth when there's such ripe territory in honestly exploring women's lives as they get older.
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I became a Republican in the summer of 1972. I was involved in running President Nixon's re-election campaign in California and became part of his administration at the start of his second term.
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I love everything that Frank Gehry does. I wish I could have that man build me a Wayne Manor-style mansion, like his idea of it.
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It's not annoying if only a couple of people come up. If a bunch of them crowd around me, it's annoying.
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I love to wear lingerie. The problem is that men always rip it off too quickly. When women are dolled up in lingerie they feel sexy. So let us wear it for five minutes.
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I write every day weekdays for about 5 hours, mostly longhand on legal pads. It has gotten neither harder nor easier, sadly or happily.
