"I've learned to question success a lot more than failure."

“Not only the priceless heritage of our fathers, of our seamen, of our Empire builders is being thrown away in a war that serves no British interests - but our alliance leader Stalin dreams of nothing but the destruction of that heritage of our fathers?”

Source : American Communications Ass'n v. Douds (1950)

“I bet that the best thing about being a hermaphrodite is that you always get to use the bathroom with the shortest line.”

“As one who has often felt this need, and who has found refreshment in wild places, I attest to the recreational value of wilderness.”

“I had to accept the fact that sometimes things happen that are out of our hands.”

“Your half-caf, double vanilla latte is getting cold over here, Francis.”

“Most Modern Orthodox are religious Zionists. Despite all differences and nuances among us, we consider the founding of the State a historic change. We accept it as something that came from Providence.”

“Every time when it comes to writing a book, I think, "I'm the last person in the world that should be doing this, I don't know anything, I can't do this." And I went through years of that with Into The Maelstrom.”

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

“I start with the story, almost in the old campfire sense, and the story leads to both the characters, which actors should best be cast in this story, and the language. The choice of words, more than anything else, creates the feeling that the story gives off.”