A lot of artists think they want anger. But a real, strong, bitter anger occupies the mind, leaving no room for creativity.
David LynchInstead of instilling fear, if a company offered a way for everyone in the business to dive within-to start expanding energy and intelligence-people would work overtime for free. They would be far more creative. And the company would just leap forward. This is the way it can be. It's not the way it is, but it could be that way so easily.
David LynchMost of Hollywood is about making money - and I love money, but I don't make the films thinking about money.
David LynchI think part of the reason ideas haven't come in is that the world of cinema is changing so drastically, and in a weird way, feature films I think have become cheap. Everything is kind of throwaway. It's experienced and then forgotten.
David Lynch