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 do not believe the government has the right to investigate somebody's private life.
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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 don't think the challenge is asking an audience to like a character; it's inviting them to try and understand them... then making that journey entertaining and worth their while. It's a classic trick, but it's human, and it allows characters to have more depth.
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We owe a lot to Thomas Edison - if it wasn't for him, we'd be watching television by candlelight.
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But primarily, the drummer's supposed to sit back there and swing the band.
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I guess I am in handsome - in certain parts of the world. If I was, like, in Mongolia, living on a mountain and in my village, I could be the hottest guy. In L.A., I'm... average?
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James and I have similar tastes. We both have high tenor voices and write melodic songs. And we both really like the Kinks.
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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.
