You need contrast and conflict in order to tell a story. Stories need to have dark and light, turmoil, all those things.… — David Lynch Copy Share Image
A film is its own thing and in an ideal world I think a film should be discovered knowing nothing and nothing… — David Lynch Copy Share Image
Life is very, very complicated, and so films should be allowed to be, too. — David Lynch Copy Share Image
It's important that a film is loud and I hope many people agree. You should be inside of a film when you… — David Lynch Copy Share Image
In today’s world of fear and uncertainty, every child should have one class period a day to dive within himself and experience… — David Lynch Copy Share Image
I felt I should have been the happiest person in the world. But I looked inside, and that happiness was only on… — David Lynch Copy Share Image
The business side of film has goofed up so many things, but even that's changing. It happened to the music industry and… — David Lynch Copy Share Image
I believe in creative control. No matter what anyone makes, they should have control over 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
Music as background to me becomes like a mosquito, an insect. In the studio we have big speakers, and to me that's… — David Lynch Copy Share Image
Life should be blissful, and blissful doesn't mean just a small happiness. It's huge. It is profound. — David Lynch Copy Share Image
An artist makes a painting, and nobody bugs him or her about it. It's just you and your painting. To me, that's… — 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
