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.”

“Negativity is the enemy of creativity.”

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

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

“Television provides the opportunity for an ongoing story - the opportunity to meld the cast and the characters and a world, and to spend more time there.”

“I like things to be orderly.”

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

“I'm not a musician, but I play music. So it's a strange thing.”

“I was raised Presbyterian, but I'm not really going to church. I think the experience in meditation is pretty much where it's at for me.”

“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 th...”

“Somehow, the French got this idea of the starving artist. Very romantic, except it's not so romantic for the starving artist.”

“Sugar does make people happy, but then you fall off the edge after a few minutes, so I've really pretty much cut it out of my diet. Except for cupcakes. I like those.”

“Transcendental meditation is like a car, a vehicle that allows you to go within. It's a mental technique.”

“I don't think that people accept the fact that life doesn't make sense. I think it makes people terribly uncomfortable. It seems like religion and myth were invented against that, trying to...”

“A lot of music doesn't do one thing or another. It just doesn't do anything. Then there are those pieces of music that thrill your soul. It's such a wide range, and it's really interesting t...”

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