Building a set is like building a place, but it's a temporary place, because sets usually get torn down. Kind of unfortunate. — David Lynch Copy Share Image
Film noir has a mood that everyone can feel. It’s people in trouble, at night, with a little bit of wind and… — David Lynch Copy Share Image
I love Bob Dylan. Who doesn't? He tapped into some kind of vein and it keeps on keeping on. There's nobody like… — 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
Stories hold conflict and contrast, highs and lows, life and death, and the human struggle and all kinds of things. — David Lynch Copy Share Image
I think part of the reason ideas haven't come in is that the world of cinema is changing so drastically, and in… — David Lynch Copy Share Image
As a kid, I was always building things. My father had a shop in the house, and we built things - we… — 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
Happy accidents are real gifts, and they can open the door to a future that didn't even exist. It's kind of nice… — David Lynch Copy Share Image
I learned that just beneath the surface there's another world, and still different worlds as you dig deeper. I knew it as… — David Lynch Copy Share Image
Domestic violence and violence against women in general seems to be a big problem everywhere in the world. It seems to me… — David Lynch Copy Share Image
In Hollywood, more often than not, they're making more kind of traditional films, stories that are understood by people. And the entire… — 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
When you make your first film, it's really hard in some ways. You're just nowhere. But then you have something. If you… — David Lynch Copy Share Image
It's better not to know so much about what things mean or how they might be interpreted or you'll be too afraid… — David Lynch Copy Share Image
They say that negative things like stress, anxiety, tension, sorrow, and depression "squeeze the tube" so ideas don't flow through it. But… — David Lynch Copy Share Image
Being in darkness and confusion is interesting to me. But behind it you can rise out of that and see things the… — David Lynch Copy Share Image
Ideas are floating like fish. Desire for an idea is like a bait on a hook. If you desire an idea, it… — 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
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
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
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
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
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
I supported myself by delivering the 'Wall Street Journal' and doing odd jobs. I love plumbing and carpentry. — David Lynch Copy Share
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
I like to remember things my own way. How I remembered them, not necessarily the way they happened. — David Lynch Copy Share
“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
When you have something that brings a real emotion, that's the power of cinema. — David Lynch Copy Share
If a human being is filled with happiness and positivity, this is what they radiate out into the world. We each affect our environment… — David Lynch Copy Share
I always loved smokestack industry, and I love towns or cities that have grown up around factories. — David Lynch Copy Share
