Daniel Handler
Daniel Handler
Daniel Handleris an American writer and journalist. He is best known for his work under the pen name Lemony Snicket, having published children's series A Series of Unfortunate Events and All the Wrong Questions under this pseudonym. He has also published adult novels under his real name; his first book The Basic Eight was rejected by many publishers for its dark subject matter. His most recent book is We Are Pirates. Handler has also played the accordion in several bands...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth28 February 1970
CitySan Francisco, CA
CountryUnited States of America
Bad circumstances have a way of ruining things that would otherwise be pleasant.
Complimenting someone in an exaggerated way is known as flattery, and flattery will generally get you anything you want...
The way sadness works is one of the strangest riddles of the world.
We laughed the rest of the way, because the point of this story is, it is not the cookies. It is the love.
We all know of course, that we should never ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever fiddle around in any way with electrical equipment. NEVER.
Even though there are no ways of knowing for sure, there are ways of knowing for pretty sure.
Love was in the air, so both of us walked through love on our way to the corner.
Hal is on his way." The nurse announced reentering the room.
E!" Klaus cried. "E as in Exit!" The Baudelaires ran down E as in Exit, but when they reached the last cabinet, the row was becoming F as in Falling File Cabinets, G as in Go the Other Way! and H as in How in the World Are We Going to Escape?
Reader: Dear Mr. Snicket, What is the best way to keep a secret? Lemony Snicket : Tell it to everyone you know, but pretend you are kidding.
It is very difficult to make one's way in this world without being wicked at one time or another, when the world's way is so wicked to being with.
The miracle is the adverbs, the way things are done.
There is no way of knowing for sure whether or not you can trust someone, for the simple reason that circumstances change all of the time.
I have produced things that I would say were sincerely cheerful. But then I am reminded by other people that no one else would see them that way.