“I was so grateful that Lemony Snicket wasn't the worst movie ever made that I overlooked many things that might have otherwise upset me.” MadeMightWorstGratefulUpsetOverlookedSo GratefulSnicketWorst Movie Author:Daniel Handler
“I find reading screenplays difficult, as they're only a roadmap for what a movie might end up being.” EndsMightReadingDifficultScreenplays Author:Daniel Handler
“My work is very dear to me, and certainly I have had all the emotional highs and lows that go with trying to get it to an audience. But I do have some kind of detachment that seems somewhat unusual in my trade. I'm a writer who writes every day. I don't have a period of months where I can't get anything done and I wander around tearing my hair out. When I come back from a book tour, for instance, I might have one day where I sleep late and then check my e-mail, and then go for a walk, and then the next day I'm really itching to get back at writing a story.” WritingTryingKindI CanBookDoneStoriesSeemsMightNextSleepWalksAudienceEmotionalHairMonthsPeriodsOne DayLateLowsTradeDearChecksInstanceWanderGet BackUnusualMailNext DayDetachmentHighs And LowsItchingSleep Late Author:Daniel Handler
“I decided that it might be interesting to have terrible things happen to orphans over and over again.” MightHappensInterestingTerribleDecidedThings HappenTerrible ThingsOrphan Author:Daniel Handler
“I first told the idea to an editor I had met who, after reading one of my novels for adults that was set in a high school, had an idea that I might write something for children.” WritingFirstsChildrenIdeasMightSchoolReadingNovelMetsHigh SchoolAdultsEditors Author:Daniel Handler
“If you are trying to fool a farsighted or dimwitted person, a veiled facial disguise might be enough.” IfsTryingPersonsEnoughMightFoolDisguiseFacial Author:Daniel Handler
“At times the world may seem an unfriendly and sinister place, but believe that there is much more good in it than bad. All you have to do is look hard enough. and what might seem to be a series of unfortunate events may in fact be the first steps of a journey.” WorldFirstsBelieveLooksMayHardEnoughFactsSeemsMightStepsJourneyEventsSeriesHard TimesFirst StepsUnfortunateSinisterUnfriendlySnicketUnfortunate EventsSeries Of Unfortunate Events Author:Daniel Handler
“If you feel . . . that well-read people are less likely to be evil, and a world full of people sitting quietly with good books in their hands is preferable to world filled with schisms and sirens and other noisy and troublesome things, then every time you enter a library you might say to yourself, 'The world is quiet here,' as a sort of pledge proclaiming reading to be the greater good.” PeopleIfsWorldFeelsWellsBookHandsMightEvilReadingGreaterQuietSittingFilledLibraryGood BookPledgeNoisyTroublesomeSirensGreater GoodProclaimingSchismSitting Quietly Author:Daniel Handler
“If an optimist had his left arm chewed off by an alligator, he might say in a pleasant and hopeful voice, "Well this isn't too bad, I don't have a left arm anymore but at least nobody will ever ask me if I'm left-handed or right-handed," but most of us would say something more along the lines of, "Aaaaaa! My arm! My arm!"” IfsWellsMightAsksLeftVoiceLinesArmsOptimismAsk MePleasantHopefulOptimistAlligatorsLeft HandedOptimism In LifeOptimistic Life Author:Daniel Handler
“Members of your family might say they are working hard all day long, while you are off at school or clarinet lessons, but the only way to know this for sure is to follow them at a discreet distance.” KnowsWayLongHardMightSchoolLessonsMembersDistanceDiscreetClarinet Author:Daniel Handler
“The thing you hope will never happen to you might just happen to someone else instead, who has been spending their life dreading the thing that will happen to you.” Has BeensMightHappensSpending Author:Daniel Handler
“Deciding whether or not to trust a person is like deciding whether or not to climb a tree, because you might get a wonderful view from the highest branch, or you might simply get covered in sap, and for this reason many people choose to spend their time alone and indoors, where it is harder to get a splinter.” PeoplePersonsReasonMightTruthViewsWonderfulTreeHonestyTrustHighestHarderBranchesClimbsCoveredDistrustTrustworthyFather SonSapAlone TimeLove And TrustSplintersI Trust YouTrust LoveTrust WorthyNot TrustingTrusting YouTrusting PeopleNot Trustworthy Author:Daniel Handler
“The difference between a house and a home is like the difference between a man and a woman-- it might be embarrassing to explain, but it would be very unusual to get them confused.” MenHomeMightWould BeHouseDifferencesConfusedUnusualEmbarrassing Author:Daniel Handler
“and what might seem to be a series of unfortunate events may in fact be the first steps of a journey.” FirstsMayFactsSeemsMightStepsJourneyEventsSeriesFirst StepsUnfortunateUnfriendlyUnfortunate EventsSeries Of Unfortunate Events Author:Daniel Handler
“Money is like a child—rarely unaccompanied. When it disappears, look to those who were supposed to be keeping an eye on it while you were at the grocery store. You might also look for someone who has a lot of extra children sitting around, with long, suspicious explanations for how they got there.” LooksChildrenLongMightEyeMoneySittingDisappearStoresSupposed To BeExplanationExtrasSuspiciousGroceriesSitting AroundGrocery StoresSnicket Author:Daniel Handler
“There are many reasons, of course, why someone might snap their fingers and grin. If you heard some pleasing music, for instance, you might snap your fingers and grin to demonstrate that the music had charms that could soothe your savage breast. If you were employed as a spy, you might snap your fingers and grin in order to deliver a message in secret snapping-and-grinning code.” IfsReasonMightOrderCoursesSecretHeardMessagesFingersInstanceCodeCharmBreastsSavagesEmployedSpySnapsGrinningSnapping Author:Daniel Handler
“I am heartbroken, but I have been heartbroken before, and this might be the best for which I can hope.” Has BeensI CanMightBeing The BestHeartbroken Author:Daniel Handler
“It is true, of course, that 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. You might know someone for several years, for instance, and trust him completely as your friend, but circumstances could change and he could become very hungry, and before you knew it you could be boiling in a soup pot, because there is no way of knowing for sure.” KnowsWayYearsReasonMightCoursesChangeSimpleKnowingTrustCircumstancesMusicianHungryInstanceNovelistsPotSoupBoiling Author:Daniel Handler
“There are some things we might not know,but that doesnt mean we should give up.We can find out what we need to know.We can find out everything” KnowsNeedsGivingShouldMeanMightGiving Up Author:Daniel Handler
“Every time you enter a library you might say to yourself, "The world is quiet here," as a sort of pledge proclaiming reading to be the greater good.” WorldMightReadingGreaterQuietLibraryPledgeGreater GoodProclaiming Author:Daniel Handler
“There are two good reasons to put your napkin in your lap. One is that food might spill in your lap, and it is better to stain the napkin than your clothing. The other is that it can serve as a perfect hiding place. Practically nobody is nosey enough to take the napkin off a lap to see what is hidden there.” TwoReasonEnoughMightPerfectHidingClothingsLapSpillsStainsHiding PlaceNapkinsNosey Author:Daniel Handler
“There are some who say that sitting at home reading is the equivalent of travel, because the experiences described in the book are more or less the same as the experiences one might have on a voyages, and there are those who say that there is no substitute for venturing out into the world. My own opinion is that it is best to travel extensively but to read the entire time, hardly glancing up to look out of the window of the airplane, train, or hired camel.” WorldLooksBookHomeMightReadingMy OwnOpinionSittingWindowTrainSubstitutesAirplaneVoyagesCamels Author:Daniel Handler
“You might be afraid of the dark, but the dark is not afraid of you. That’s why the dark is always close by.” MightDarkNot Afraid Author:Daniel Handler
“The expression 'Those who can't do, teach' is a curious one, because if you look at the world , you'll see that teachers aren't particularly worse at doing things than anyone else, so perhaps the expression might be better worded as 'nobody can do anything” IfsWorldLooksMightCan DoTeachTeacherExpressionCurious Author:Daniel Handler
“There are some secrets you want to keep to yourself, even if they don't matter. They might only matter if you keep them secret.” IfsWantMatterMightSecretKeep To Yourself Author:Daniel Handler
“You might find it difficult to see anything but your own sadness, the way smoke can cover a landscape so that all anyone can see is black. You may find that if someone pours water all over you, you are damp and distracted, but not cured of your sadness, the way a fire department can douse a fire but never recover what has been burnt down.” IfsWayMayHas BeensMightDifficultBlackWaterFireSadnessSadSmokeLandscapeDepartmentOver YouDistractedDampFire Department Author:Daniel Handler
