David Lynch

I like watercolours. I like acrylic paint... a little bit. I like house paint. I like oil-based paint, and I love oil paint. I love the smell of turpentine and I like that world of oil paint very, very, very much.

Sometimes I get an idea for cinema. And when you get an idea that you fall in love with, this is a glorious day.

I love paint. I like watercolours. I like acrylic paint... a little bit. I like house paint. I like oil-based paint, and I love oil paint. I love the smell of turpentine and I like that world of oil paint very, very, very much.

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

I supported myself by delivering the 'Wall Street Journal' and doing odd jobs. I love plumbing and carpentry.

Francis Bacon is one of my giant inspirations. I just love him to pieces.

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 make sense out of it.

Life is very, very complicated, and so films should be allowed to be, too.

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.

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 think there has to be those contrasts and strong things within a film for the total experience.

The cinema is really built for the big screen and big sound, so that a person can go into another world and have an experience.