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 LynchThe only thing that disturbs me is that many psychopaths say they had a very happy childhood.
David LynchIf you keep your eye on the doughnut and do your work, that's all you can control. You can't control any of what's out there, outside yourself.
David LynchI'm convinced we all are voyeurs. It's part of the detective thing. We want to know secrets and we want to know what goes on behind those windows. And not in a way that we would use to hurt anyone. There's an entertainment value to it, but at the same time we want to know: What do humans do? Do they do the same things as I do? It's a gaining of some sort of knowledge, I think.
David Lynch