It doesn't do any good to say, 'This is what it means.' When you are spoon-fed a film, people instantly know what it is. I like films that leave room to dream.

— David Lynch

It’s maybe impossible to escape (your own head), but I guess the secret is the prison cell just gets bigger and bigger and bigger and prettier and prettier and prettier.

— David Lynch

Life should be blissful, and blissful doesn't mean just a small happiness. It's huge. It is profound.

— David Lynch

Meditation is to dive all the way within, beyond thought, to the source of thought and pure consciousness. It enlarges the container, every time you transcend. When you come out, you come out refreshed, filled with energy and enthusiasm for life.

— David Lynch

More and more people are seeing the films on computers - lousy sound, lousy picture - and they think they've seen the film, but they really haven't.

— David Lynch

Most of Hollywood is about making money - and I love money, but I don't make the films thinking about money.

— David Lynch

Music deals with time and timing. It's so magical, but when you get into it, every little sound and every little space between the sounds, it's critical, so critical. And if it's not there, it not only feels wrong, but it ruins things.

— David Lynch

New mysteries. New day. Fresh doughnuts.

— David Lynch

People say my films are dark. But like lightness, darkness stems from a reflection of the world. The thing is, I get these ideas that I truly fall in love with. And a good movie idea is often like a girl you're in love with, but you know she's not the kind of girl you bring home to your parents, because they sometimes hold some dark and troubling things.

— David Lynch

Sex is a doorway to something so powerful and mystical, but movies usually depict it in a completely flat way.

— David Lynch