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My first novel took almost six years to sell and was rejected 37 times in the interim, and then finally sold for the smallest amount of money my literary agent had ever negotiated for a work of fiction.

~Daniel Handler

Topics: Agent Almost Amount Ever Fiction Finally First Had Literary Money Novel Rejected Sell Six Smallest Sold Then Times Took Work Years

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Any playlist without Prince is no friend of mine.

~Daniel Handler

Topics: Any Friend Mine Prince Without

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Blank paper has always inspired me.

~Daniel Handler

Topics: Always Blank Inspired Me Paper

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'The Long Goodbye' is one book I like to read over and over again, and it was an enormous inspiration for 'All The Wrong Questions'.

~Daniel Handler

Topics: Again Book Enormous Goodbye Inspiration Like Long One Book Over Questions Read Wrong

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I write every day weekdays for about 5 hours, mostly longhand on legal pads. It has gotten neither harder nor easier, sadly or happily.

~Daniel Handler

Topics: About Day Easier Every Every Day Gotten Happily Harder Hours Legal Longhand Mostly Neither Nor Pads Sadly Write I Write

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I can't think of a story that doesn't have something terrible in it. Otherwise, it's dull. So when I embarked into the world of picture books, my first thought was to do something about the dark.

~Daniel Handler

Topics: About Books Dark Dull Embarked First Otherwise Picture Something Story Terrible Think Thought World

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I was not a particularly brave child, I think, because I had a narrative mind, because my mind automatically went to any terrible thing that could happen.

~Daniel Handler

Topics: Any Automatically Because Brave Child Could Had Happen Mind Narrative Particularly Terrible Terrible Thing Thing Think I Think

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I think books that are meant to be read in the nighttime ought to confront the very fears that we're trying to think about.

~Daniel Handler

Topics: About Books Confront Fears Meant Meant To Be Nighttime Ought Read Think Trying Very I Think

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When you start writing a picture book, you have to write a manuscript that has enough language to prompt the illustrator to get his or her gears running, but then you end up having to cut it out because you don't want any of the language to be redundant to the pictures that are being drawn.

~Daniel Handler

Topics: Any Because Being Book Cut Drawn End Enough Gears Get Having Her His Illustrator Language Manuscript Out Picture Picture Book Pictures Prompt Redundant Running Start Then Up Want Write Writing You

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Author

Born: February 28th, 1970

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