There are times to stay put, and what you want will come to you, and there are times to go out into the world and find such a thing for yourself.
Daniel HandlerYou know I want to be a director, but you could never truly see the movies in my head and that, Ed, is why we broke up.
Daniel HandlerFiguratively, they escaped from Cout Olaf and their miserable existence. They did not literally escape, because they were still in his house and vulnerable to Olaf's evil in loco parentis ways.
Daniel Handler