David Lynch

Cinema is a medium that can translate ideas. ”

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

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. ”

I believe in creative control. No matter what anyone makes, they should have control over it. ”

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. ”

Negativity is the enemy of creativity. ”

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

I didn't watch much TV as a kid and I don' t watch it now. I don' t find anything beautiful or unique to the medium, and the only thing you can do on TV that you can't do in film is make a continuing story - which is so cool! ”

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