More - David Lynch Quotes

I don't like the word ironic. I like the word absurdity, and I don't really understand the word 'irony' too much. The irony comes when you try to verbalize the absurd. When irony happens without words, it's much more exalted.

David Lynch

 Absurdity

In my mind, there's no connection between the gift [Runner] received and her position [on pharmaceutical issues]. Any gift that she received, that was equally distributed; it is safe to assume that others also received similar gifts.

David Lynch

 

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.

David Lynch

 Anger

Alright David, it's been wonderful talking to you!

David Lynch

 

Death in my mind isn't a finality. There's a continuum: It's like at night, you go to sleep and in the daytime you wake up, or whenever you wake up, and it's a new day.

David Lynch

 

The proof is in the pudding,

David Lynch

 Proof

The ideas dictate everything, you have to be true to that or you're dead.

David Lynch

 American Director

The concept of absurdity is something I'm attracted to.

David Lynch

 Absurdity American Director

My cow is not pretty, but it is pretty to me.

David Lynch

 American Director

What I like so very much about this meditation is that you can take what you've learned and go about your business, ... I can use those classroom techniques anywhere, which is ideal for me as a filmmaker.

David Lynch