Why David Lynch eats the same thing every day when writing
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- čas přidán 21. 10. 2022
- When there's some sort of order in your daily routine, your mind is free to mentally go off any place.
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hey an you credit/link the original interview as well rather than just spamming your products
That’s sooo healthy 🥰
I’m reciting this word for word when someone asks why I drink everyday
"it's very good"
It's gives me a solid foundation to spring off. *falls over.
When he said 'tomatoes' I thought 'bloody mary's'.
That’s kinda sad.
@@jnnx if you’re a teetotaler.
“Be regular and orderly in your life, so that you may be violent and original in your work.”
-Gustav Flaubert
exactly I've always felt the same and only loosely follow him
"Madam Bovary" right?
-Gustav Flaubert- Dexter Morgan
❤
And for non creative workers it's the other way around. As a German I need that.
Avoiding decision fatigue.
Exactly!
Yep.
Minimalism.
It's why, for years, Jay Leno, Steve Jobs, et al. would wear the same outfit every day.
My girlfriend is a chef 😄 I'm luckier than all of you ahahagagahaha
Yup
@@SavingPrivateBob So you moved decision fatigue to her 😁
I like how he stresses this is a "for me" thing for him. He's not trying to push this way of life on other people; he's just explaining how he operates.
David Lynch does not have one ounce of egotism, he just wants everyone to be entertained. In saying that, he's definitely onto something. As a creative (with ADHD), if I don't have this level of structure in my plans or if my place is a mess, I get massive creator's block.
A clear mind makes for a great receiver of ideas.
I wish others could do that, instead of shoving their own ideals down peoples throats. That's when people start to hate how you view things.
@@JustinMcVicar I, too have diagnosed ADHD and also find it nearly impossible to maintain order. I haven’t found a link between order and better creativity, but a messy environment does tend to affect me emotionally. Of course the two are linked (mental health and creativity) but when big projects are ramping up and I have to do the most creative work, my life has usually already descended into chaos 😂. I get through successfully anyway (so far…). So for me it’s more about better long term mental health. Like thinking about the creative process as a few marathons instead of a bunch of sprints that I just have to survive, which can be exhausting. Damn, I’ll have to work on that.
He is smart. He found the secret recipe for life and is not sharing that it is the secret to life.
Sounds good 👍 chill some with tuna. Dr. Oz got mercury poisoning 🙃 Wishing best
As an Autistic person, this resonates. Routine is important and food is difficult
Yeah being autistic myself it seems like lynch might be himself although it’s hard to say
@@Mitchbloodno he is definitely autistic lol the way the characters behave and speak to each other on twin peaks are so reminiscent of people with high functioning autism. my partner who is mildly autistic raves about it all the time lol
@@i.qena_I am gonna start twin peaks and no nothing about autism. How is autistic people are different in terms of speaking?
@@Chelvam-so4qh well i guess i should start by saying it’s more the main character, dale cooper, that’s autism-coded. he’s kind of a strange guy to the average person, he’s very particular about the food that he eats and has a very specific and detailed breakfast order, he struggles in social settings with social cues and with understanding humor, he infodumps a lot, he dresses pretty much the exact same way every day, he has his own hyperfixations and special interests, etc etc. if you’re around people with autism a lot, you can definitely see the traits. it hard to explain, it’s something you can just tell by watching
@@i.qena_ thanks for the reply!
I love that he emphasized ‘for me’ when he said ‘very important for me’. Pretty enlightened.
The logic behind this actually makes sense to me. Make the real world boring so it doesn’t pull you from the world you’re building on paper.
It frees you from having to think about what to eat so you can think about your writing instead
@julian marx Yup. Eat tomatos every day and when its actually tomato season and you're eating locally grown good stuff, you'll sure know about it.
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I mean it is unequivocally and objectively boring by any average standard to consume exactly the same food day in day out. There's so many flavours out there, so many food's, so many cultural cuisine's, and to stick to not only a single meal, but an extremely basic and unflavorful one, isn't what I'd call interesting or even living.
It isn't a cultural myth, sameness is boring because you become accustomed to it, and thus will be overly acclimated to that sensation or experience. It's part of human neurology, the same experience will create a lesser neurochemical reaction over time. If boring is equivalent to a lack of stimulus, than that's exactly what's happening building up over time. You aren't going to notice that small change because you are so desensitized that I'd daresay you don't even really respond to what you are doing in some extreme cases. Hence why some people with severe habits like described here don't even focus on that aspect of their life (which is what Lynch is getting at). It's basically asceticism, and asceticism most definitely isn't intended to be interesting, it relies upon self-denial, which is inherently going to be less interesting due to limited experience.
People can do whatever they want, it's their life, but don't try to sugar coat it when people act like this. It isn't interesting, and it precludes that by way of avoiding new experience entirely. If someone stayed in a single room day in day out, no change in their scenery or activities, would you say they were interesting?
The slight discrepancies of seasoning, if there is any, in David Lynch's meal is not comparable in anyway to actually trying a new meal, or even just eating a varied diet. Having that meal once every week, even if it was every weak, would be far more interesting.
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I mean you shouldn't need to think that much. Learn how to cook at least at a basic level (so many people can't actually do this), buy ingredients for the week and have a vague idea of what you want to cook ahead of time, focus on meals with a short prep time, and there you go. You can have a varied actually enjoyable diet with very little detraction from whatever else you want to do.
Now I love food, I'm never going to be like that, and even when I scale down to a basic diet for budgetary, locational, or just to cut down bodyfat, I'll still put an effort to make it enjoyable and interesting. But even if people don't want to spend time cooking, it's an absolute fallacy that you can't value your time and also eat decent food. If you can't spend like 15-20 minutes a day making food you need to reevaluate your lifestyle.
Or just get someone to cook for you. At that point there's no excuse unless you are someone with severe OCD surrounding your food (which some people do have but this isn't a good thing).
Many writers burn out because they ignore their actual physical needs.
I don't think that really holds true though. If you have a good imagination, and a decent working process, you should be able to focus regardless. Plenty of excellent writer's have healthy lifestyles and actually enjoy life outside of their work. This borders on asceticism where self-denial is used as a tool for mental or spiritual cultivation.
If you don't actively seek new experiences and enjoy life in some regard, your writing will suffer for it. If only because you cannot really write in an emotion, sense, or experience you have never had before in a convincing way that is compelling to the characters in your narrative.
Try describing how an apple tastes and how it feels to bite into one. Now imagine you'd never eat an apple because you only ate tuna, chicken, and broccoli haha. I can't imagine not walking near fruit growing and being uninclined to eat some, or smelling a curry cooking and not thinking "goddamn I want me some of that"!
And if you…can….believe it….
*ITS TUNA ONCE AGAIN.*
Underrated comment.
Swiiiiirl the numbers
😂
*it's
What is this from?
Meanwhile Michael Bay is like, “I enjoy fantastic variety in my lunches” yet he makes the same movie over and over.
😂😂😂
I was thinking Michael Bay only ate popcorn pop rocks and gushers
Hm so thats where his creativity goes 🤔
He made The Rock (1996). The man can go eat whatever the eff he wants despite his current monstrosities.
And? His movies amazing
So thats the secret to that lush hair...
ikr, work of art
Olive oil is a great conditioner
Dammit I messed up
Best shot I've had at recreating it is to pull my hair back in a baseball hat and not wash it for three days then style it forward. Looks pretty good if you can hang with the grease
With time, I've learned that Hollywood's secret for great hair are fantastic wigs.
i love how in most interviews of David Lynch there are questions totally unrelated to film making yet he answers it with the same passion
This is probably why he posts on his channel everyday. Creating that daily routine
Exactly. I would tune in every time at work, and people would always ask what I’m reacting to, in this case it’s the “Today’s Number”, and I tell them what it does, and they respond:
“Well does it mean? Why is he doing that?”
And I often just tell them,
“Not sure, but he’s a preacher of habit so it just gives him something to do and gives us something look forward to everyday.”
and too put up with shit heads
@@VijemaVati "...preacher of habit..." 😶
I also think at his current age, that doing his morning report and lucky numbers is probably excellent for keeping alzheimers and dementia at bay
@@phitdemon that's the latest version of the expression
From discipline comes freedom
This is why discipline is important. Everyone can get motivated, but that can lose its momentum over time. Motivation is the spark that lights the fire, but discipline is the wood that keeps it burning.
Based Jocko listener
@@ralanbek95 I got it from art college…go figure.
When he said “for me” that’s beautiful
David Lynch’s hair is epic
You know, i was thinking about what he said. But you are absolutely right
I've always admired his hair lol
He eats tuna which has Omega, Feta cheese has calcium, Tomatoes are antioxidants and Olive oil well you can just drink it like that. His hair is really really nice and his skin and face ❤
I was listening to a podcast that said, “it’s important to live life by design rather than emotion. Basically, sticking to a routine is what allows us to be the healthiest version of ourselves (especially when you're fighting these demons ex. OCD for me).
In my healing journey - I’ve had to overhaul how I approach work/habits by practising mediocre consistency. Now I try to put in consistent 40-60% effort into my habits (ex. journaling/working out) - to make sure I do it I began recording it and posting it on my youtube channel.
Because historically I have a habit of going too hard, not being able to sustain the Herculean effort, giving up and hating myself. So now I’m trying to give a small-ish, consistent mediocre effort everyday. And its crazy how it adds up, and its crazy how much better I’m able to handle the bad days when anxiety is trying to take over.
So interesting comment.
As someone with OCD I very much resonate with all of this. On the same note a quote that has helped me is “perfection is the enemy of good”
"very important, for me" he says.
Smart man.
he’s the best!!! so wise and inspirational
Lynch is a fuckng genius
This guy is dropping gold advice. Get structured and you'll have the foundation to create an amazing interior
"Here's what's interesting about you. Basically EVERYTHING."
No, that question would get old the second day you asked.
It's not that bad of an idea. He mentioned when he travels, which I imagine was quite frequent, he would depart from his regimen. That makes the new food even that more of a treat. I can see how this would be tolerable for some.
uhm this is very common. literally nothing special about it and no reason to get starry eyed
@@gordonlekfors2708 cool and worthwhile comment. Thanks for adding to the discussion dude
@@gordonlekfors2708😂😂 u good?
This advice is so good, i have OCD. When you can control few important things, then you won't obsess about the lack of control of your mind as a whole. Also that food is super healthy and tasty, sounds like something a greek god would eat.
That's actually a great combination of food nutritionally, and would probably solve a lot of problems for people if they did it.
Maybe add egg and spinach?
@@-AAH- some bacon flavored gummy bears and beetroot jelly as well.
One of the best pieces of advice for a creative imo
this makes so much sense bc imagine eating that everyday and craving pie, coffee, donuts, it would come naturally on paper
Omg the foundation of order relaxes him very deep I couldn't put it better
He found a way that works specifically for his "David Lynch" creativity. I love this man.
Shoutout to Steve Jobs wearing the same outfit everyday.
It really is uncanny how much set routines can free up your mind to think about other things.
Bruh ive never seen charlie rose so giddy and excited for an interview
It’s so weird to listening him talking without shouting!!! Cooooooop!!!!! 😎😎😎
I rarely think about meeting famous people. David Lynch is another story. I would love to have a conversation with this man. Twin Peaks is amazing. Hope they make another season.
Classic form of Discipline = Freedom
Routine like this has been something I’ve attempted to describe to people for years. With a solid, repetitious foundation your mind then can go off to many different places creatively. Believe it !
What a wonderful man
What I like is he said it works for him, implying that people listening should find something that makes them more creative
Charlie Rose was such a good interviewer
His diet sounds delicious actually. I'd add eggs and rice and coffee but that's beside the point lol!
I love this guy
It's nice that he mentions "it works for me" because some people get lost in the idea that they need to be like someone to be successful but especially in art it's all about finding your own way that works for you.
Healthy diet. I understand. He doesnt need to spend energy making creative descisions on what doesn't interest him if his basic routine is set.
Not unusual for artist.
It's not junk food at all, but he's likely missing out on a few nutrients with that particular arrangement of foods.
Understandable why he does it (i.e., one less thing to think about) but I wonder if he takes vitamin supplements along with it.
@@chrisjfox8715 I'd expect so.
That's an interesting. I planned my everyday meals for 2 weeks (once) and i was so stress relieving. My mind and energy were able to focus on more important things for me.
not unusual for many people. interviewer laughs as if he's hearing something crazy
@@chrisjfox8715He has much less to worry about than 90% of Americans.
I really resonate with this thinking, have some order so you can explore chaos
I love David’s movies. Mulholland Drive. Lost Highway. I have the same eating rituals as well. No breakfast, a salad wrap for lunch and chicken or steak with broccoli for dinner, this menu has been the same for years now. 🌟
Am I crazy or does that combo sound incredibly delicious? Every time I see this clip I get that exact combo of food.
The tuna fish, feta and olive oil is the best 👌
Chicken n broccoli with rice and soy sauce is legit too.
@@patrickbyrne5070 Broccoli is good yes, the rest meh. I don't know of any major upsides of eating such low nutritional food (rice, chicken, soy sauce) every single day. But it's still good :)
The amounts listed as recommended daily are only for people who want all of their bodily functions working correctly etc
This seems very freeing, not having to constantly prepare for and decide on a different meal.
I have the exact same breakfast every day and i love it.
Can you say what is your breakfast?
@@Chelvam-so4qh 2 eggs 2 sausage 1 slice toast black coffee
@@itsROMPERS... looks very interesting
@@Chelvam-so4qh it's not interesting, but it's nutritious and consistent, low calorie and carb, high protein.
i love this man with all of my heart
David Lynch seems to have what a lot of other infps lack, balance. He understands his mind and process enough to develop routines that help him connect with his ideas more naturally in a fluid like way. I could take a few notes
I actually tried it because of THIS video and now I'm hooked. Every single day I'm eating feta cheese, tomatoes and tuna with olive oil & I had never tried feta cheese before.
*"We wouldn't eat it every day"* Interviewer there playing the old _inviting myself around to your house for dinner_ routine.
I'm glad he made the distinction of "for me" because that would drive me absolutely bonkers 😂
Such rich wisdom! David truly has tapped into something that I find incredible
So he needs to be in a stable environment while creating unstable environments.
*to create unstable environments
@@extremelynormalperson you sound unstable. (Joking)
Wonder if this explains God…
caos in the mind, order in the room
@@jeffbecket2311 chaos in the sheets, order in the streets
That's the secret sauce...Lynch runs on Mercury!
Bhhaha!
Wow! That was a good one.
Mercurial!
That is a much more tactful way of putting it than I did!
Maybe it's fresh.
@@escopetamartinez fresh fish has mercury levels...
David Lynch is the coolest! 🤓
This is very simple yet profound. As an artist, whenever my daily routine gets chaotic, my house is a mess, I'm trying to figure out what I need to cook for dinner etc. It really disrupts my creative process, cause I'm always thinking about all this other stuff I need to take care of.
My breakfast usually consists of the same thing he eats for lunch: tomatoes, tuna, ricotta, lemon juice and olive oil, along with some fresh coffee and toast. It’s delicious.
Mmm...thanks for sharing. I'm gonna try this!
Do you eat Tuna fish everyday, how long? I am concerned about mercury levels.
@@mehmeterdem742 about 3x a week. Maybe more when I have more money.
I don’t seem to have any signs of mercury poisoning.
Good habits are the best way to beat addictions.
Love David ❤
One of the most brilliant creative minds we have in film and television, never would have guessed his diet.
I'm glad I'm not the only one. Everyday for dinner I have chicken, broccoli and rice with soy sauce. I cook enough to last 4 days every 4 days so my dinner costs less than £10 a week
I like how he says it works for him instead of being like all the other famous people who claims their odd routines will work for everyone. some people are just full of themselfs. where as this guy is filled up with tuna :D
Yes! And for those of us who need more grounding because our brains are already in creative overdrive, variety acts as a grounding source. Sort of like how some people get calmer amongst chaos. Love that he specified “for some”, because that’s very true.
I love that guy. He’s a genius.
And his version of Dune rocked, so there.
Just ate this, I understand now. It’s very good.
The fact that the man is laughing at him at first because it's like he thinks it's just some stupid quirk then slowly begins to quieten down when he realises it is actually for a very valid and poignant reason is funny to me.
i don't think hes quite literally laughing at him
This is autism and it's amazing! This is why I don't force my kiddos to eat things they aren't comfortable with.
Your kiddos will thank you later in life!
So much wisdom coming out of this man.
Such a cool guy
If he doesn’t overdo it with the tomatoes, then this is a ketogenic diet… This man’s brain is running on ketones!!!
I miss the days when most people would say "tunafish."
I love this man
His mercury blood levels must be off the charts lol
Oh God, now you're all parroting this mercury things because of tuna, great...
Maybe it's fresh.
Mercury in fish is a hoax perpetrated by the elites to make ppl avoid fish bc fish is too good for ur health and they want u to die as fast as possible
This guy's on the spectrum and I'm on the spectrum so I'd know
same 🤝
That's exactly what I thought
Same, wouldn't be surprised at all. Have wondered this myself
Eccentric or social awkwardness does not equate to autism
@@gothelvis3541 I agree you can't tell if someone is autistic by observing them, but you can notice if they have some of the characteristic traits that make up autism. Still doesn't mean they are autistic. I mean it's a spectrum, so many of us fall on it, minimal, mild, moderate to severe autism.
I love that meal! ... add spinach, sundried tomatoes, sliced spring onions, and balsamic dressing. 👍
... Used to be dinner many nights.
Now, if I could just become a little crazy, I could get started on all my writing! 🤔😆
“For me” is the most important… Gotta find your own formula.
So you just cut them up like regular chickens? Yep. Just cut them up like regular chickens. 🤓😂
"Damn small things"
what he said about habits/routines and then spring off from that is so god damn true
absolute genius insight
Tuna makes for a brilliant director. Just look at Neil Breen.
Glad someone else was thinking it!
@@jhcoverdrive9287 How could one not? Tuna, two masters -- great minds, right?
This Routine is essential for Writing
No.
@@mr.elixer2455 do you write ?
@@Zehahahaa Yes.
@@mr.elixer2455 Do you write on the level of Mr. Lynch?
@@broom_shaped939 That's not the point of writing. There is only one who writes on Lynch's level and that's Lynch.
On the anniversary DVD set for Eraserhead, the log lady states he ate egg salad sandwichs every day from the same diner. It's like Einstein's habit of wearing the same clothes (several sets) every day so he wouldn't waste any time thinking about it.
Damn his diet is incredibly healthy
It's always interesting to hear the creative processes people go through and how they mentally prepare themselves for it. It's so different for every person. Everyone has their own thing that makes them tick.
As a writer, I see where Lynch is coming from but I crave change and feel like a broad breadth of experiences enhances my work from my perspective.
Variety is the spice of life. I thought you would become more creative with new experiences instead of the same every day
I think what he's really saying is having a daily routine is like a foundation something more familiar to really branch off from and do something creative from it.
he said it works for him
Spice is the spice of life.
He could be on the spectrum, or OCD. If my routine is absent I am unproductive and unfocused.
@@pointysidedown assuming your weekday routines are the same and your weekend has little consistency in it like most, do you suffer routime withdrawal effects on monday?
Limitations breed mod Freedom, it allows us to put ourselves in a box and push the limits while doing so beautifully
He's like a character in a David Lynch movie
He must've been shredded
Makes a lot of fucking sense. When I was locked up and j got out, my creative energy flow was fucking off the charts.
David Lynch is awesome
This man is an international gem
I just want to have the ability to save shorts in a playlist! 😭
I know right???!
He's a clever guy.
A very fine piece of advice. Though it should be said that when he was younger his same daily routine was to go to Bob's Big Boy and drink a chocolate milkshake and coffee. He was a big sugar addict and said it used to help him create. Relateable.
Hmm, simply sublime. Sublimal helping hand.
I’ve never watched any of his movies before but I’m so intrigued to because every video I see of him speaking is so interesting to me
I agree with this idea, that external order in ur life allows for more creative freedom inside ur mind
We can presume that Agent Cooper also had a strict, except when he travels. Which is why he had a field day eating cherry pie, donuts and griddle cakes lol.
Good to hear his beliefs.
I’ve always followed this especially during my depression years.
We are what we repeatedly do.
Excellence therefore is not an act but a habit 👍