"This is serious business, sex, violence, and rock and roll."

“What could be more absurd than the idea that genuine anti-Christian prejudice is a major force in American politics.”

“God is not remote from us. He is at the point of my pen, my (pick) shovel, my paint brush, my (sewing) needle - and my heart and thoughts.”

“He was guided by what he saw rather than by what he wanted to believe.”

Source : Vernor Vinge (2010). “A Fire Upon The Deep”, p.109, Macmillan

“When there is blood on the street, I am buying.”

“Mankind was not meant to suffer -- bliss is our nature. The individual is cosmic. Let's rock.”

Source : "Interview With David Lynch: His Mission to Change the World Through Meditation". Interview with Marianne Schnall, www.huffingtonpost.com. December 9, 2014.

“People always complain about something. If you face yourself and stand up strong, you're OK. You can't go wrong.”

“I'm not a wealthy person and I don't think that I would be able to prioritize that much money to go for a ride to a place that I have already lived. But if the price comes down or I win a lottery or something, why not?”

“When I started, the scripts weren't as good, and you'd have to have a huge burst of energy to go, "Sheesh, how am I going to? This stuff's no good." So you'd have to improvise something or create something or try to work with the ware and try to figure out, how do you make this visually and orally acceptable, entertaining? Nowadays, the scripts are just so much better, that you don't have to feel that way. You feel like the script's coming to you, you can just relax. You don't have to drive the boat.”