Figuratively, 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 HandlerI don't think film is the writer's medium, and so I was interested to see what a director would do with it.
Daniel HandlerFriends can make you feel that the world is smaller and less sneaky than it really is, because you know people who have similar experiences.
Daniel HandlerI 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.
Daniel Handler