"I'm always loath to make generalizations about what is for children and what isn't. Certainly children's literature as a genre has some restrictions, so certain things will never pop up in a Snicket book. But I didn't know anything about writing for children when I started - this is the theme of naivete creeping up on us once more - and I sort of still don't, and I'm happy that adults are reading them as well as children." - Daniel Handler

Daniel Handler: I'm always loath to make generalizations about what is...

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"I'm always loath to make generalizations about what is for children and what isn't. Certainly children's literature as a genre has some restrictions, so certain things will never pop up in a Snicket book. But I didn't know anything about writing for children when I started - this is the theme of naivete creeping up on us once more - and I sort of still don't, and I'm happy that adults are reading them as well as children." - Daniel Handler

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