Daniel Handler Quotes

I love reading but I never last very long because I fall asleep right away.

Yawns are hard to refute.

The worst thing in the world is to be tired.

Your body can't switch off tired. People fall asleep behind the wheel all the time.

I get this thing every once in a while that I call 'ESS:' emergency sleep situation. I'll get like lead, really fatigued, and I can't move.

I easily fall asleep during a movie.

I can't take a traditional yoga class or anything. I'll just lay down and take a nap on the mat.

It's a rare book that wins the battle against drooping eyelids.

The first thing I think about when I wake up most mornings is the fact that I’m tired.

I think it is good that books still exist, but they do make me sleepy.

Sullen monosyllabism, a sure sign of sleep deprivation.

Yes, talking to people makes me sleepy.

People who are close to me know, they so know that there were days when I was so tired that I would fall asleep anywhere. The onset photographer has pictures of me falling asleep everywhere. Like on chairs, on the floor, in the middle of a set, all curled up. There were times when crew members didn't know where to find me, but they knew I'd be curled up in a ball somewhere.

She is, above all else, tired; she wants more than anything to return to her bed and her book. The world, this world, feels suddenly stunned and stunted, far from everything.

Throughout the day I often ask myself, Could I fall asleep right now? and the answer is always a resounding yes.

My eyes feel all soft, all soft as flesh. I'm going to sleep.

It is June. I am tired of being brave.

There are favorable hours for reading a book, as for writing it.

If I was a waitress, I was too tired at the end of the day when I came home to try to write.

Writing a book is a bit like going on location for a movie. You're absent from your life, your family, and your friends. You're psychologically gone, so you might as well be physically gone.

I do notice that I am tired.

You just rebel against everything. How are you going to survive? I don't know. I'm already tired.

Now, leave." All three boys slumped forward. Percy fell face-first into his pizza. "Percy!" Annabeth grabbed him.

He was beastly tired, but it was hard to stop. One more book, he had told himself, then I'll stop. One more folio, just one more. One more page, then I'll go up and rest and get a bite to eat. But there was always another page after that one, and another after that, and another book waiting underneath the pile. I'll just take a quick peek to see what this one is about, he'd think, and before he knew he would be halfway through it.

If you feel the urge to write, just lie down and read a book: it will pass.