Daniel Handler Quotes

Just because it's in print doesn't mean it's the gospel.

People don't bother to check with anything anymore. They just like to speculate in print. We like fact-checking!

Everywhere you go you hear things that are untrue. You've just got to learn that if I don't say it, physically out of my mouth, on camera, it's not true.

I have a rule in research: The third time you hear something, it's generally true.

People forget that unauthorized does not mean untrue and authorized does not mean authentic.

I want America to know that you can't believe everything you hear, and nowadays, you can't believe everything you see.

You can never trust what you read.

I have learned that it is just as well to avoid even the appearance of something which you prefer not to have published as a fact! So many things are published as facts in any case which have no foundation in them whatsoever, that I don't suppose it really matters! For fair minded people usually wait until they verify a statement before they believe it, and those who believe it without verification are the ones who want to believe it!

Clearly, you can't believe everything you read in the press.

I think people have a responsibility, if they write a letter, to make sure that they saw it themselves and it's not hearsay.

In my career, I do not stop for news when it's not true.

If something comes on the radio or in print, I don't think there are any facts to it at all until someone shows some proof.

We have to challenge lies. We have to challenge falsehoods and conspiracy theories. If you don't, they fester - unchecked and unchallenged.

I don't give false claims any due.

You can't believe everything you hear on the Internet.

You check off stories to make sure if they're true or if they're right.

In the news feed on your phone, all stories look the same - whether they come from a credible source or not.

People should fact check. People shouldn’t have to go through that and shouldn’t answer to innuendos.

Just look carefully, I only want you to look carefully. Do not repeat the lies of liars. Do not become like them. Once again, I blame al-Jazeera before it ascertains what takes place. Please, make sure of what you say and do not play such a role.

I always tell my fans that are closest to me, if it's not coming from my mouth, my website, or my appointed person, then it's generally not true. Or it's an exaggeration.

All that counts is the truth. Without it you're basically just juggling people's daft ideas.

We're in a strange state in our world where we sort of have that belief - and I have it too - that if it's written down there's got to be some truth in it. We haven't quite got to the spot where you go: "Well, it doesn't necessarily mean it's true." It could actually be completely made up and made to look very nice. So, we have to get to the point where scandal and those kinds of things are less and less important because otherwise we won't have anyone willing to run as politicians.

The fact that someone says something doesn't mean it's true. Doesn't mean they're lying, but it doesn't mean it's true.

I believe in research you cannot do enough research; believability comes out of what's real.

If you ever want to get the facts straight about me or the Batman, please write to the original source, myself, for the truth, instead of second guessing.