David Lynch

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. ”

Stories hold conflict and contrast, highs and lows, life and death, and the human struggle and all kinds of things. ”

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

As a kid, I was always building things. My father had a shop in the house, and we built things - we were kind of a project family. I started out as a painter, and then painting led to cinema, and in cinema, you get to build so many things, or help build them. ”

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. ”

I've loved music always, and my music fire was lit by Elvis Presley, really, and all that was happening back then. ”

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. ”

Every viewer is going to get a different thing. That's the thing about painting, photography, cinema. ”

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 spread out that gives you a feeling of freedom. Light and freedom. ”

Most of Hollywood is about making money - and I love money, but I don't make the films thinking about money. ”