I don't think it was pain that made [Vincent Van Gogh] great - I think his painting brought him whatever happiness he had. - David Lynch

Even bad coffee is better than no coffee at all.

When I started meditating, I was filled with anxieties and fears. I felt a sense of depression and anger. I often took out this anger on my first wife. After I had been meditating for about two weeks, she came to me and said, "What's going on?" I was quiet for a moment. But finally I said, "What do you mean?" And she said, "This anger, where did it go?" And I hadn't even realized that it had lifted. I call that depression and anger the Suffocating Rubber Clown Suit of Negativity. It's suffocating, and that rubber stinks. But once you start meditating and diving within, the clown suit starts to dissolve. You finally realize how putrid was the stink when it starts to go. Then, when it dissolves, you have freedom. Anger and depression and sorrow are beautiful things in a story, but they are like poison to the filmmaker or artist. They are like a vise grip on creativity. If you're in that grip, you can hardly get out of bed, much less experience the flow of creativity and ideas. You must have clarity to create. You have to be able to catch ideas.

არ დაგავიწყდეთ, მე ვიღებ ფანტასტიკურ ფილმებს. ტანჯვის გადმოსაცემად არ არის აუცილებელი რომ თავად განვიცდიდე ტანჯვას. და არც მაყურებლებს უყვართ თავად იტანჯონ, სხვათა ტანჯვის ყურება კი სიამოვნებთ. ჩემი სიზმრები, თუ მათზეა საუბარი, ჩვეულებრივი და პრიმიტიულებიც კია. მიყვარს ოცნება, როდესაც ვზივარ კომფორტულ სავარძელში. ვეწევი, მიყვარს ფრანგული წითელი ღვინო, და ნარკოტიკების ნაცვლად მივმართავ მედიტაციას.