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" A film - especially when it's a personal film - is going to hit somebody or it's not. There's nothing you can do about it. "
David Lynch
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" I think that ideas exist outside of ourselves. I think somewhere, we're all connected off in some very abstract land. But somewhere between there and here ideas exist. "
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" I love the quality, feel and history of film. I love the pictures of the giant cameras and the way it was. "
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" Film can't just be a long line of bliss. There's something we all like about the human struggle. "
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" Somehow, the French got this idea of the starving artist. Very romantic, except it's not so romantic for the starving artist. "
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" Sometimes I get an idea for cinema. And when you get an idea that you fall in love with, this is a glorious day. "
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" Sugar does make people happy, but then you fall off the edge after a few minutes, so I've really pretty much cut it out of my diet. Except for cupcakes. I like those. "
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" The mantra that you're given in Transcendental Meditation you keep to yourself. The reason being, true happiness is not out there, true happiness lies within. "
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" I don't think that people accept the fact that life doesn't make sense. I think it makes people terribly uncomfortable. It seems like religion and myth were invented against that, trying to make sense out of it. "
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" I have no problem getting financing. I have a problem catching ideas that I fall in love with for the next feature. "
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" I was raised Presbyterian, but I'm not really going to church. I think the experience in meditation is pretty much where it's at for me. "
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" A lot of music doesn't do one thing or another. It just doesn't do anything. Then there are those pieces of music that thrill your soul. It's such a wide range, and it's really interesting that we all love different things. "
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" If you stay true to your ideas, film-making becomes an inside-out, honest kind of process. "
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" Music deals with time and timing. It's so magical, but when you get into it, every little sound and every little space between the sounds, it's critical, so critical. And if it's not there, it not only feels wrong, but it ruins things. "
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" What I really like is to be at home, working. "
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" Intuition is the key to everything, in painting, filmmaking, business - everything. I think you could have an intellectual ability, but if you can sharpen your intuition, which they say is emotion and intellect joining together, then a knowingness occurs. "
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" See, a painting is much cheaper than making a film. And photography is, you know, way cheap. So if I get an idea for a film, there are many ways to get it together and go realise that film. There's really nothing to be afraid of. "
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