The mantra that you're given in Transcendental Meditation you keep to yourself. The reason being, true happiness is not out there, true happiness lies within. David Lynch happinessliemantra Change image and share on social
Negativity is the enemy of creativity. David Lynch creativityenemynegativity Change image and share on social
Sometimes I get an idea for cinema. And when you get an idea that you fall in love with, this is a glorious day. David Lynch cinemadayfall Change image and share on social
Music deals with time and timing. It's so magical, but when you get into it, every little sound and every little space between the sounds, it's critical, so critical. And if it's not there, it not only feels wrong, but it ruins things. David Lynch criticaldealfelt share on social
Humor is very interesting to me. My films are not comedies, but there's comedy in them from time to time, absurdities, just like in real life. David Lynch absurditycomedyfilm Change image and share on social
An artist makes a painting, and nobody bugs him or her about it. It's just you and your painting. To me, that's the way it should be with film as well. David Lynch artistbugfilm Change image and share on social
People think in Hollywood there's a family, where everybody gets together talks about stuff and we all know each other, and it's just not that way at all to me. David Lynch familyhollywoodpeople Change image and share on social
I think part of the reason ideas haven't come in is that the world of cinema is changing so drastically, and in a weird way, feature films I think have become cheap. Everything is kind of throwaway. It's experienced and then forgotten. David Lynch changecheapcinema share on social
If we didn't want to upset anyone, we would make films about sewing, but even that could be dangerous. But I think finally, in a film, it is how the balance is and the feelings are. But I think there has to be those contrasts and strong things within a film for the total experience. David Lynch balancecontrastdangerous share on social
A filmmaker doesn't have to suffer to show suffering. You just have to understand it. You don't have to die to shoot a death scene. David Lynch deathdiefilmmaker Change image and share on social
