Daniel Handler Quotes
As the official representative of Lemony Snicket in all legal, literary, and social matters, I am often asked difficult questions, even when I am in a hurry. Recently, the most common questions have been the following:
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I got into the race and people literally laughed. They thought I had no chance of winning.
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Running for office was definitely something I've thought about. When I was younger, I wanted to major in political science. And I've been engaged in current events since I was a kid. If I can make a difference and feel passionately and capable, then I would. Why not?
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As we all know... golf is a puzzle without an answer.
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The biggest thrill in the world is entertaining the public, there is no bigger thrill than that.
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My choosing Islam was not a political statement; it was a spiritual statement.
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Greening the globalised manufacturing and sourcing will be the single biggest help multinationals could make to the tough pollution control in China and other developing countries.
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When I think about filmmakers and actresses that I have admired my whole life, I've admired their entire body of work.
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I've done a lot of films that all have been pretty edgy.
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If falling into desperation worked to make things better, then I would say, 'Let's all jump into despair.' But it doesn't help. The only way to truly find meaning and fulfillment is to look at the disaster, the pain, the difficulty, and know with complete certainty that good can come from this.
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I always write the pieces I want to write.
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Never speak disrespectfully of Society, Algernon. Only people who can’t get into it do that.
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Frazer's account of the magical and religious views of mankind is unsatisfactory; it makes these views look like errors.
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I'm going away tonight.
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I was going to call it a mistake, but you could argue that there are no mistakes in war, only fortunate and less fortunate events.
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Hockey has given me everything, most importantly it brought me to Swift Current, where I met my wife Deb.
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While still in college, I started my first Internet company - American Information Systems - a dial-up Internet provider in the Internet's formative years.
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We have a portion of our show where we ask everybody to get up and do the Temptation Walk. People 8 to 80 know how to do that Temptation Walk.
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Getting to be the 'weird roommate' on a sitcom was a dream come true.
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I'm very used to stages and dressing rooms. And dare I say it, much as I like being at home, I love the buzz of a new hotel room. It never quite loses its thing.
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This experience of getting so lost in my writing that I lose track of time, or of anything outside the imagined world, is a release for me.
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You have a very poor neighborhood. You have students that are required to go to school. They have no money, no habit of work. What if you paid them in the afternoon to work in the clerical office or as the assistant librarian?
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Everybody is interesting for an hour, but few people can last more than two.
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Growing up in the entertainment industry, I've had a lot of people tell me I'm not good enough.
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As the official representative of Lemony Snicket in all legal, literary, and social matters, I am often asked difficult questions, even when I am in a hurry. Recently, the most common questions have been the following:
