“I like to give people novels I think they would like, on no particular...” — Daniel Handler Quote

“I like to give people novels I think they would like, on no particular occasion - just when we're in a bookstore together. I like to receive reference books on my birthday.”

“'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'.”

“You see failed vocabulary in the adult world so often, and it's often because once you reach a certain age you're kind of embarrassed to go look up a word if you don't know what it means.”

“As a kid, I always went to therapists; the first time was when my parents were separated on my sixth birthday, then on and off since then.”

“I have got a vintage Omega 1949 watch I love... It was a present that I got for my birthday.”

“Having spent half my time at university studying English literature, I know from experience that reading lists often contain more white men than Jacob Rees-Mogg's last birthday party.”