“I was, I guess, a morbid kid. I think it’s that Jewish morbidity that’s morbid but you don’t stop laughing or anything. Like, life is devoid of meaning and full of pain and suffering, but don’t whine about it! We’re always staring into the face of a skull, but like, you know… we could see a movie for a little while and then we wouldn’t be doing that.”

—Daniel Handler