But my mother loved The Elephant Man, and my father gave David Lynch a scholarship to study in Rome.

True elegance is for me the manifestation of an independent mind.

If we are completely honest with ourselves, everyone has a dark side to their personalities.

From the time I was a child I wanted to be like my mother. Not necessarily an actress - I never dreamed I'd have the courage. But an active, volatile woman like she was.

I believe in a set of values I cannot live by.

A lot of the advertisement is done by saying: first of all, have a complex about who you are.

These same people seem to forget that mother also took a lot of chances with the type of roles she played.

The reason of my life is not to be the most beautiful woman in the world.

To me, it is very important to have perfume in which it is hard to recognize a particular flower or scent. That gives a touch of mystery.

Although Dorothy in Blue Velvet was humiliated and hurt by men, basically I could react to how she felt.

My father used to say that you could only access culture before cinema by learning to read and write, but that once cinema was invented, knowledge was available to anybody.

Music makes you braver.

True generosity is an offering given freely and out of pure love. No strings attached. No expectations. Time and love are the most valuable possession you can share.

There's a lot you can do without words.

In the groves of their academy, at the end of every vista, you see nothing but the gallows.

No matter how deeply you distrust the government's judgment, you are too trusting.

The first and last task of aleader is to keep hope alive.

I took comfort, as a kid, in knowing that things had always been as awful and as wonderful as they were now, that the world was always on the edge of total destruction.

I would like a nice, powerful, mind-altering substance. Preferably one that will make my unborn children grow gills.

As I've gotten older, I find I am able to be nourished more by sorrow and to distinguish it from depression.

Color cannot stand alone.