--- title: "3 Bait Quotes By David Lynch" description: "3 Bait quotes by David Lynch. Plus more from David Lynch and more Bait sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/614/david-lynch-911_bait_ideas-are-floating-like-fish-desire-for_351368.jpg" --- > [Ideas are floating like fish. Desire for an idea is like a bait on a hook. If you desire an idea, it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-lynch/ideas-are-floating-like-fish-desire-for-an-idea-is-like-a-bait-on-a/) [David Lynch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-lynch/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/614/david-lynch-911_bait_ideas-are-floating-like-fish-desire-for_351368.jpg) > [Desire for an idea is like bait. When you're fishing, you have to have patience. You bait your hook, and then you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-lynch/desire-for-an-idea-is-like-bait-when-you-re-fishing-you-have-to-have/) [David Lynch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-lynch/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e8c/david-lynch-911_bait_desire-for-an-idea-is-like-bait-when-you_1676732.jpg) > [I long for a kind of quiet where I can just drift and dream. I always say getting inspiration is like fishing.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-lynch/i-long-for-a-kind-of-quiet-where-i-can-just-drift-and-dream-i-always/) [David Lynch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-lynch/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/132/david-lynch-911_bait_i-long-for-a-kind-of-quiet-where-i-can-j_2380225.jpg) ## Other authors on Bait ## More by David Lynch > [I like L.A. because of the light. The light makes me feel so good. It's really beautiful. And there's something about L.A. being so…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-lynch/i-like-l-a-because-of-the-light-the-light-makes-me-feel-so-good-it-s/) [David Lynch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-lynch/) > [One change of attitude would change everything. If everyone realized that it could be a beautiful world and said, 'let's not do these things…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-lynch/one-change-of-attitude-would-change-everything-if-everyone-realized/) [David Lynch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-lynch/) > [A poet could write volumes about diners, because they're so beautiful. They're brightly lit, with chrome and booths and Naugahyde and great waitresses. Now,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-lynch/a-poet-could-write-volumes-about-diners-because-they-re-so-beautiful/) [David Lynch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-lynch/) > [Surface cures are not going to get rid of the torment that's inside.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-lynch/surface-cures-are-not-going-to-get-rid-of-the-torment-that-s-inside/) [David Lynch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-lynch/) > [When you get an idea and you fall in love with it there's not a whole lot of choice. You're going down a street…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-lynch/when-you-get-an-idea-and-you-fall-in-love-with-it-there-s-not-a-whole/) [David Lynch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-lynch/) > [Nowadays, people shoot digitally and it's all in color, but you press a button and it all goes to black and white. But it's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-lynch/nowadays-people-shoot-digitally-and-it-s-all-in-color-but-you-press-a/) [David Lynch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-lynch/) > [I love seeing people come out of darkness.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-lynch/i-love-seeing-people-come-out-of-darkness/) [David Lynch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-lynch/) > [I supported myself by delivering the 'Wall Street Journal' and doing odd jobs. I love plumbing and carpentry.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-lynch/i-supported-myself-by-delivering-the-wall-street-journal-and-doing/) [David Lynch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-lynch/) > [So much of what happened to me is good fortune. But I would say: Try to get a job that gives you some time;…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-lynch/so-much-of-what-happened-to-me-is-good-fortune-but-i-would-say-try-to/) [David Lynch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-lynch/) > [Achievement is its own reward](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-lynch/achievement-is-its-own-reward/) [David Lynch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-lynch/) > [I like to remember things my own way. How I remembered them, not necessarily the way they happened.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-lynch/i-like-to-remember-things-my-own-way-how-i-remembered-them-not/) [David Lynch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-lynch/) > [“The idea tells you everything. Lots of times I get ideas, I fall in love with them. Those ones you fall in love with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-lynch/the-idea-tells-you-everything-lots-of-times-i-get-ideas-i-fall-in/) [David Lynch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-lynch/) > [When you have something that brings a real emotion, that's the power of cinema.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-lynch/when-you-have-something-that-brings-a-real-emotion-that-s-the-power/) [David Lynch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-lynch/) > [If a human being is filled with happiness and positivity, this is what they radiate out into the world. We each affect our environment…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-lynch/if-a-human-being-is-filled-with-happiness-and-positivity-this-is-what/) [David Lynch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-lynch/) > [I always loved smokestack industry, and I love towns or cities that have grown up around factories.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-lynch/i-always-loved-smokestack-industry-and-i-love-towns-or-cities-that/) [David Lynch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-lynch/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bait/david-lynch/#itemlist", "name": "3 Bait Quotes By David Lynch", "numberOfItems": 3, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Ideas are floating like fish. Desire for an idea is like a bait on a hook. If you desire an idea, it pulls and it makes a kind of a bait. Ideas will come swimming up. 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