821 Quotes by Daniel Handler

If you have ever slept in a covered casserole dish on the highest peak of a mountain range, then you know that it is an uncomfortable place to lay one's head, even if you find a dish towel inside it that can serve as a blanket.

Accidents happen all the time.

They're book addicts.

What do your parents know, about surviving?

I was never a fan of anything, and yet some people are fans of my books. That's a bit odd. But I like meeting them.

Tell me what it is, or prepare to eat harpoon.

Sometimes even in most unfortunate of lives there will occur a moment or two of good.

Is it useful to feel fear, because it prepares you for nasty events, or is it useless, because nasty events will occur whether you are frightened or not?

Mostly, it's flattering to meet fans. As long as it's in a planned, professional meeting, rather than, say, someone dropping by my home, which is not as pleasant.