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1946–2025 United States

David Keith Lynch (January 20, 1946 – January 15, 2025) was an American film director, writer and actor, known for his surrealist style.

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I read a sentence. And I closed the Bible, because that was it. And then I saw the thing as a whole. And it fulfilled this vision for me, 100 percent.
I don't think I'll ever say what that sentence was.

Catching the Big Fish (2006)

When I was little in Spokane, Washington I drew all the time... and my father would bring paper home ... and I mostly drew browning automatic water-cooled sub-machine guns... that was my favorite.

Pretty as a Picture : The Art of David Lynch (1997)

I forgot to tell you — the spice exists on only one planet in the entire universe. A desolate, dry planet with vast deserts. Hidden away within the rocks of these deserts are a people known as the Fremen, who have long held a prophecy that a man would come, a messiah who would lead them to true freedom. The planet is Arrakis, also known as Dune.

the introductory narrative of Princess Irulan for Dune (1984)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: David Lynch (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.