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… - David Lynch

We think we understand the rules when we become adults but what we really experience is a narrowing of the imagination.

I don't know how I got to that thing of not caring what other people think, but it's a good thing. The thing is, you fall in love with ideas and it's like falling in love with a girl. It could be a girl you wouldn't want to take home to your parents, but you don't care what anybody else thinks. You're in love and it's beautiful and you stay true to those things.

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