When you get an idea and you fall in love with it there's not a whole lot of choice. You're going down… — 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
I like darkness and confusion and absurdity, but I like to know that there could be a little door that you could… — David Lynch Copy Share Image
When you do something that works you have a happiness, but I don't know if it's a feeling of power. Power is… — David Lynch Copy Share Image
I didn't know anything about film when I first started - I was a painter - but I [always] felt that sound… — David Lynch Copy Share Image
This is a donut. It is very sweet, and very good. But if you've never tasted a donut, you wouldn't really know… — 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
I'm lost in a transition. The old is dead, and I don't know what the new is. The only way to find… — David Lynch Copy Share Image
I'm convinced we all are voyeurs. It's part of the detective thing. We want to know secrets and we want to know… — David Lynch Copy Share Image
It's important to listen to lots of different genres because you never know when something will get born out of it. — David Lynch Copy Share Image
I don't know why people expect art to make sense. They accept the fact that life doesn't make sense. — David Lynch Copy Share Image
We want to generate the electricity of peace through music, and it’s a thrill to know that the super-creative, enthusiastic musicians of… — 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
Been trying the soapy water and instant coffee method. Works somewhat, but boy it tastes terrible. I don't know how you guys… — 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
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
Many things happen that we don't know the significance of until a little bit later. — David Lynch Copy Share Image
We all have at least two sides. The world we live in is a world of opposites. And the trick is 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 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