Quote of the Day (David Lynch, on How ‘People Are Like Detectives’)

“People are like detectives and our lives are filled with clues. Some people wonder and look around and they take what they see and try to figure out what it all means. And they reach different conclusions. We are all like detectives, trying to figure out the meaning of life. And the same thing goes for film. You want to find a meaning – at least some people do. But now the world goes so fast. It’s just screaming on the surface loudly. And there’s not that much time for people to contemplate things and daydream and ponder.”—American film director David Lynch (1946-2025), quoted by Ross Simonini, “ ‘Daydreaming Is So Important To Me’: How David Lynch Fishes for Ideas,” Art Review, Jan. 5, 2021

The image accompanying this post, of David Lynch at a ceremony for Sissy Spacek to receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, was taken on Aug. 1, 2011, by Angela George.