Sarah Rees Brennan Quotes

People ask how far I've gone in life. About 20 miles.

I have inherited my father's sense of humour about myself. It's a lot more pleasant to make fun of yourself than when someone else does.

I reckon I am a smart aleck, but it is just a way to pass the time.

I never made 'Who's Who,' but I'm featured in 'What's That?'

In the United States, I am often addressed as a doctor. I should like to point out, however, that I am not such and shall never think of becoming one.

Indeed, moderation is my middle name (though I do not often use it in signing legal documents)

I don't like to play the piano. It makes me too attractive.

If you can't make fun of yourself, you don't have any right to make fun of others

Reader: Dear Mr. Snicket, What is the best way to keep a secret? Lemony Snicket : Tell it to everyone you know, but pretend you are kidding.

What is a sense of humor? Surely not the ability to understand a joke. It comes rather from a residing feeling of one's own absurdity. It is the ability to understand a joke, and that the joke is on oneself.

If I had a dollar for every time I said that, I'd be making money in a very weird way.

Laughing at someone else is an excellent way of learning how to laugh at oneself; and questioning what seem to be the absurd beliefs of another group is a good way of recognizing the potential absurdity of many of one's own cherished beliefs.

That's your response to everything: drink?" "No, that's my response to nothing.

You are a sick, sick man,” I told him. “Thank you,” Ben replied, looking modest.

I learned about sex the hard way... from books.

There's all sorts of things I was always meaning to get around to - learning to play the flute, calculating the square root of nought, going mad - but I just didn't have the time.

Why, I’m just as true and honest as dirt. And I’m even more charming than dirt.

I'm a jokester, so when I was joking on Twitter, it kinda rubbed people the wrong way. And I was like, I didn't make these up. I'm just letting you know they're there.

I only wear clothes because I can't walk around with nothing on, but they started calling me a fashionista.

Least at thine own things laugh.

If nothing else, I'm a decent quote.

If it would not look too much like showing off, I would tell the reader where New Zealand is.

I have my standards. They're low, but I have them.

I don't mean I'd mind being rich and famous. That's very much on my schedule and someday I'll try to get around to it.