"I'd just written the book Ocean Of Sound, and this terrible thing happened in my life: my wife committed suicide. I was a single parent because of that; I was completely shattered. I had a book that I'd just finished that had been produced through a really, really terrible period, but I had managed to finish it."

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Source : "The Strange World Of... David Toop". Interview with Karen Shook, thequietus.com. June 28, 2016.

David Toop

#Suicide Quotes #Book Quotes #Ocean Quotes

“What do you tell a man with two black eyes? Nothing, he's already been told twice.”

Source : "Fictional character: Darryl". "Be Cool", www.imdb.com. 2005.
“I'm not even worried about settling down. I think it's way too early. I'm 25 and I'm in show business. I mean, if things go well, my wife hasn't even been born yet.”
“She taught me all about real sacrifice. That it should be done from love... That it should be done from necessity, not without exhausting all other options. That it should be done for people who need your strength because they don't have enough of their own.”
“Remember that wherever your heart is, there you will find your treasure.”
“I, too, have felt that the war goes on and on. When my son, Ian, died at El Alamein-- side by side with... visitors offering their condolences, thinking to comfort me, said, "Life goes on." What nonsense, I thought, of course it doesn't. It's death that goes on; Ian is dead now and will be dead tomorrow and nexe year and forever. There's no end to that. But perhaps there will be an end to the sorrow of it.”
“Friends are like bras: close to your heart and there for support.”
“I do have more directorial control over animation, because it's like trial and error: If something doesn't work, you can always go back and change certain things. Whereas in live action, every day is a challenge, and you have to make decisions on an hourly basis. So in live action I have more freedom as a director, but in animation, I have more control over the final product.”

Source : Source: www.avclub.com
“Subsequent to the original Quicken, the whole idea that we, as a consumer products company, could actually make business products, that was a whole revolution in our thinking.”

Source : Interview with Michael J. Miller, www.pcmag.com. November 18, 2003.

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