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It makes me uncomfortable to talk about meanings and things. It's better not to know so much about what things mean. Because the meaning, it's a very personal thing, and the meaning for me is different than the meaning for somebody else.

~David Lynch

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Cinema is a medium that can translate ideas.

~David Lynch

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You're right on the money with that. We're all like detectives in life. There's something at the end of the trail that we're all looking for.

~David Lynch

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I think that ideas exist outside of ourselves. I think somewhere, we're all connected off in some very abstract land. But somewhere between there and here ideas exist.

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There are only 24 hours in a day, and my top priority is working on my films, but I love short film experiments.

~David Lynch

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The business side of film has goofed up so many things, but even that's changing. It happened to the music industry and now it's happening to the film studios. It's crazy what's going on. But artists should have control of their work; especially if, as I always say, you never turn down a good idea and never take a bad idea.

~David Lynch

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An artist makes a painting, and nobody bugs him or her about it. It's just you and your painting. To me, that's the way it should be with film as well.

~David Lynch

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

~David Lynch

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See, a painting is much cheaper than making a film. And photography is, you know, way cheap. So if I get an idea for a film, there are many ways to get it together and go realise that film. There's really nothing to be afraid of.

~David Lynch

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If you stay true to your ideas, film-making becomes an inside-out, honest kind of process.

~David Lynch

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Director

Born: January 20th, 1946

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