There are so many movies like this, where you thought you were smarter than the screen but the director was smarter than you, of course he's the one, of course it was a dream, of course she's dead, of course, it's hidden right there, of course it's the truth and you in your seat have failed to notice in the dark.

It is a miracle if you can find true friends, and it is a miracle if you have enough food to eat, and it is a miracle if you get to spend your days and evenings doing whatever it is you like to do, and the holiday season - like all the other seasons - is a good time not only to tell stories of miracles, but to think about the miracles in your own life, and to be grateful for them, and that's the end of this particular story.

Every problem has a solution. Sometimes it just takes a long time to find the solution - even if it's right in front of your nose.

The key to good eavesdropping is not getting caught.

There is only laughing across the land as the car moves you along, on your way someplace with love in the car.

Boredom is not black licorice, Snicket," she said. "There's no reason to share it with me.

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."