I was not a particularly brave child, I think, because I had a narrative mind, because my mind automatically went to any terrible thing that could happen.Daniel Handler
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I think books that are meant to be read in the nighttime ought to confront the very fears that we're trying to think about.Daniel Handler
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I'm always interested to see what films are made of books. I kind of don't participate as a filmgoer in any kind of debate about what's better, the book or the movie. So I think it's interesting when people want to do it.Daniel Handler
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If you are allergic to a thing, it is best not to put that thing in your mouth, particularly if the thing is cats.Daniel Handler
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You see failed vocabulary in the adult world so often, and it's often because once you reach a certain age you're kind of embarrassed to go look up a word if you don't know what it means.Daniel Handler
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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.Daniel Handler
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I kind of always think my work is unfilmable, and when I meet people who are interested in filming it, I'm always stunned.Daniel Handler
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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
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When you start writing a picture book, you have to write a manuscript that has enough language to prompt the illustrator to get his or her gears running, but then you end up having to cut it out because you don't want any of the language to be redundant to the pictures that are being drawn.Daniel Handler
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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 a pack of angry dogs might burst through a door and terrorize a family.Daniel Handler
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