Quotes by David Lynch

About David Lynch:

David Keith Lynch is an American director, screenwriter, visual artist, musician, actor, and author. Known for his surrealist films, he has developed a unique cinematic style. The surreal and, in many cases, violent elements contained within his films have been known to "disturb, offend or mystify" audiences.
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To me, a story can be both concrete and abstract, or a concrete story can hold abstractions. And abstractions are things that really can't be said so well with words.

David Lynch

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

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

I've said many, many, many unkind things about Philadelphia, and I meant every one.

David Lynch

A film - especially when it's a personal film - is going to hit somebody or it's not. There's nothing you can do about it.

David Lynch

I like things to be orderly.

David Lynch

To make the script, you need ideas, and for me a lot of times, a final script is made up of many fragments of ideas that came at different times.

David Lynch

Digital video is so beautiful. It's lightweight, modern, and it's only getting better. It's put film into the La Brea Tar Pits.

David Lynch

In Hollywood, more often than not, they're making more kind of traditional films, stories that are understood by people. And the entire story is understood. And they become worried if even for one small moment something happens that is not understood...

David Lynch

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

I thought when I started meditation that I was going to get real calm and peaceful and it's going to be over. It's not that way; it's so energetic. That's where all the energy and creativity is.

David Lynch

You don't need a special place to meditate. You can transcend anywhere in the world. The unified field is here, and there, and everywhere.

David Lynch

I didn't really grow up listening to blues, because I grew up in the Northwest. It wasn't really the center for blues.

David Lynch

Film can't just be a long line of bliss. There's something we all like about the human struggle.

David Lynch

Somewhere in talking and rehearsing, there is a magical moment where actors catch a current, they're on the right road. If they really catch it, then whatever they do from then on is correct and it all comes out of them from that point on.

David Lynch

Some things we forget. But many things we remember on the mental screen, which is the biggest screen of all.

David Lynch

See, a painting is much cheaper than making a film. And photography is, you know, way cheap. So if I get an idea for a film, there are many ways to get it together and go realise that film. There's really nothing to be afraid of.

David Lynch

I don't think it was pain that made [Vincent Van Gogh] great - I think his painting brought him whatever happiness he had.

David Lynch

I hate slick and pretty things. I prefer mistakes and accidents. Which is why I like things like cuts and bruises - they're like little flowers. I've always said that if you have a name for something, like 'cut' or 'bruise,' people will automatically...

David Lynch

Even bad coffee is better than no coffee at all.

David Lynch

New mysteries. New day. Fresh doughnuts.

David Lynch

Author Bio

  • NameDavid Lynch
  • DescriptionAmerican filmmaker, television director, visual artist, musician and occasional actor
  • AliasesDavid Keith Lynch
  • BornJanuary 20, 1946
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionFilm Director; Actor; Screenwriter; Composer; Voice Actor; Musician; Animator; Painter
  • AwardsOfficer Of The Legion Of Honour;