Music has fed me a lot of ideas... The film BLUE VELVET came out of Bobby Vinton's version of the song BLUE… — David Lynch Copy Share Image
The ideas dictate everything, you have to be true to that or you're dead. — David Lynch Copy Share Image
I think that ideas exist outside of ourselves. I think somewhere, we're all connected off in some very abstract land. But somewhere… — David Lynch Copy Share Image
I long for a kind of quiet where I can just drift and dream. I always say getting inspiration is like fishing.… — David Lynch Copy Share Image
Stories have tangents; they open up and become different things. You can still have a structure, but you should leave room to… — David Lynch Copy Share Image
See, a painting is much cheaper than making a film. And photography is, you know, way cheap. So if I get an… — David Lynch Copy Share Image
When we transcend we are diving into a field of unbounded creativity. This is real creativity and when we experience that and… — David Lynch Copy Share Image
If you stay true to your ideas, film-making becomes an inside-out, honest kind of process. — David Lynch Copy Share Image
I'm not comfortable with words. I love images ,and I love sounds, and I love feelings. I like the idea of intuition.… — David Lynch Copy Share Image
I don't remember my dreams too much. I hardly have ever gotten ideas from nighttime dreams. But I love daydreaming and dream… — David Lynch Copy Share Image
Unfortunately, my ideas are not what you'd call commercial, and money really drives the boat these days. So I don't know what… — David Lynch Copy Share Image
Every time I hear sounds, I see pictures. Then, I start getting ideas. It just drives me crazy — David Lynch Copy Share Image
Forget being the best of anything. That's the fruit of the action, and you do the work -they say- for the doing,… — David Lynch Copy Share Image
People say my films are dark. But like lightness, darkness stems from a reflection of the world. The thing is, I get… — David Lynch Copy Share Image
I let the actors work out their ideas before shooting, then tell them what attitudes I want. If a scene isn't honest,… — David Lynch Copy Share Image
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… — David Lynch Copy Share Image
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… — David Lynch Copy Share Image
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,… — David Lynch Copy Share Image
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… — David Lynch Copy Share Image
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… — David Lynch Copy Share Image
I supported myself by delivering the 'Wall Street Journal' and doing odd jobs. I love plumbing and carpentry. — David Lynch Copy Share Image
So much of what happened to me is good fortune. But I would say: Try to get a job that gives you some time;… — David Lynch Copy Share Image
I like to remember things my own way. How I remembered them, not necessarily the way they happened. — David Lynch Copy Share Image
“The idea tells you everything. Lots of times I get ideas, I fall in love with them. Those ones you fall in love with… — David Lynch Copy Share Image
