My mother refused to give me coloring books as a child. She probably saved me, Because when you think about it, what a coloring book does is completely kill creativity.
David LynchWhen you make your first film, it's really hard in some ways. You're just nowhere. But then you have something. If you have a success, then you might be looking to take a fall. If you had a fall, you get a certain kind of euphoria because you're not dead, so you can still do it again. It's about how you go through the processes. Do you enjoy that "doing"? Is it getting less fun or more fun?
David LynchI have to make what I see, whether it's a painting, a table, or a movie, or it's like a death and what would be the point of that?
David LynchThe greatest thing my father left me was a love for cutting wood - my love for sawing, especially pine wood.
David Lynch