David Lynch

David Lynch's Book Recommendations

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David Lynch is an American filmmaker, painter, television director, musician, and writer. Known for his surrealist films, he developed his own unique cinematic language. His eclectic reading list includes art theory, classic literature, and Hindu scripture.

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📖 Written by David Lynch

📚 Books Recommended by David Lynch 4

The Metamorphosis

The Metamorphosis

by Franz Kafka

"Once I finished writing the script for a feature film adaptation I realised that Kafka’s beauty is in his words. That story is so full of words that when I was finished writing I realised it was better on paper than it could ever be on film."

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"One of David Lynch's 3 answers to "what is the book (or books) you’ve given most as a gift?"

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The Srimad Devi Bhagavatam

by James Donner

"One of David Lynch's 3 answers to "what is the book (or books) you’ve given most as a gift?"

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The Art Spirit

The Art Spirit

by Robert Henri

"I loved that book. I can't remember much of it now, but we used to carry it around and the art spirit sort of became the life and I had this idea that you drink coffee, you smoke cigarettes and you paint and that's it maybe girls come into it a little bit, but basically its the incredible happiness of working and living that life."

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