Room to Dream

‘I wanted “Song to the Siren,” by This Mortal Coil, for the film, and I wanted that song, I wanted it, and I told Fred, “You fucking get that thing, man,” and Fred said, “David, there are a bunch of problems,” and it was mainly money—money, money, money. So Fred said, “David, you're always writing little things on paper; why don't you send Angelo some lyrics and he can write a song.” I said, “Fred, first of all, there are twenty-seven zillion songs in the world. I don't want one of them. I want this song. I want ‘Song to the Siren' by This Mortal Coil. I don't think I'm gonna write things on a little piece of paper and send them to this guy I hardly know, and he's gonna write something that will top what I want. Not in a million years. Get real, Fred.”

Made me laugh quite a bit. Not too much in the way of any real insight, just funny little stories which is enough for a thumb through.

Man. I just love autobiographies. David Lynch is one of my favorite directors, probably second behind Paul Thomas Anderson. And I'm so glad he dove so deep into his life with this autobiography it is also half biography, which is very interesting. It starts from his early life and goes through everything that has happened in his career. Some autobiographies forget what we are reading for. And David doesn't forget that. Even though I could listen to him rambling on about meditation or whatever, he knows we want to hear about his films! And although I have read a lot about Lynch, I learned a lot that I didn't know. I thought it was hilarious that Anthony Hopkins hated him, how making Eraserhead literally drove him to divorce, and so much more. I hope he gets to make Ronnie Rocket someday.