It's funny, particularly when you're a writer and you're doing well, you have that sense of like, "Oh! My view of the world is the one that's going to be published."
Daniel HandlerYou may be right,' she said, a phrase which here meant 'Iโm wrong, but I donโt have the courage to say so.
Daniel HandlerEverything else has vanished, so you take them now. Maybe if you're the one keeping them, I'll be the one feeling better.
Daniel HandlerI was too jitterbuggy happy to sleep, and the whole day kept playing in my brain's little screening room.
Daniel HandlerHow wrong to think I was anyone else, like thinking grass stains make you a beautiful view, like getting kissed makes you kissable, like feeling warm makes you coffee, like liking movies makes you a director. How utterly incorrect to think it any other way, a box of crap is treasures, a boy smiling means it, a gentle moment is a life improved.
Daniel Handler