David Lynch
David Lynch
David Keith Lynchis 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...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionDirector
Date of Birth20 January 1946
CityMissoula, MT
CountryUnited States of America
stress hate negativity
Anger, stress, tension, depression, sorrow, hate, fear - these things start to retreat. And for a filmmaker, having this negativity lift away is money in the bank. When you're suffering you can't create.
cows not-pretty
My cow is not pretty, but it is pretty to me.
ocean creativity infinite
Everybody's got creativity. Dive within to the ocean of infinite creativity.
two devil half
Two half hitches around the horn will hold the devil as sure as you're born.
thumbs honest standing-out
If a scene isn't honest, it stands out like a sore thumb.
film can-do
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.
inspirational motivational dream
I like to make films because I like to go into another world. I like to get lost in another world. And film to me is a magical medium that makes you dream... allows you to dream in the dark. It's just a fantastic thing, to get lost inside the world of film.
kind building torn
Building a set is like building a place, but it's a temporary place, because sets usually get torn down. Kind of unfortunate.
creativity trying quality
You've got to let accidents and strange things happen - let it work, so it's got an organic sort of quality ... By trying to remove yourself you can see some fantastic things sometimes.
ideas cinema translate
Cinema is a medium that can translate ideas.
snapping burned
I love super crispy, almost burned, snapping-crispy bacon.
world individual units
Individual peace is the unit of world peace.
hate thinking painting
A lot of painters listen to music, I think, while they paint. But I hate to do that. It's a horror. I can't really listen to the music. I'm not really concentrating on it, and I'm not really concentrating on the painting.
dream
We only dream of images we already have inside of us.