Top 91 Quotes by David Lynch

I supported myself by delivering the 'Wall Street Journal' and doing odd jobs. I love plumbing and carpentry.

Building a set is like building a place, but it's a temporary place, because sets usually get torn down. Kind of unfortunate.

A lot of artists think they want anger. But a real, strong, bitter anger occupies the mind, leaving no room for creativity.

I've always loved the electric guitar: to hold it and work it and hear what it does is unreal.

What I really like is to be at home, working.

Sometimes I get ideas for lyrics in anyplace, but I work a lot in the studio. So I collect little bits of lyrics. I go through the box of lyrics I have and see if something fits.

I always say Philadelphia, Pennsylvania is my biggest influence. But for painters, I like many, many painters, but I love Francis Bacon the most, and Edward Hopper.

I don't paint the town red. But when I do go out, people always want to touch my hair. It happens every time.

The greatest thing my father left me was a love for cutting wood - my love for sawing, especially pine wood.

I was raised Presbyterian, but I'm not really going to church. I think the experience in meditation is pretty much where it's at for me.