But I cannot imagine the world without his art. It would be a different place entirely. I can't say that about all "great directors."

A lot of people are wondering what we are all going on about. I am sixty years old. Lynch has been with me all the way and was, as you said, an actual giant. If they can't see it, I pity them.

As I have been saying all day, I can't imagine a world where I'm not carrying around Blue Velvet, Inland Empire, and Mulholland Drive, etc. It's a sad day. He was absolutely one of a kind.

Gutpunch. It's impossible to state his artistic impact on my life. Like punk rock, Dostoyevsky, Kubrick, Henry Miller, or Beethoven. Normally, these things roll right off. Not this one. It's at least a little darker world today.