Tag: Eccentricities

For a significant portion of his life, Howard Hughes, the eccentric billionaire, ate the same meal almost every night: a medium-rare New York strip steak with a dozen peas. This routine, however, was just one facet of a diet that became increasingly bizarre and restrictive as his reclusiveness and obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) worsened.

For several years, filmmaker David Lynch famously ate the same lunch every day: a simple dish of tuna, tomatoes, feta cheese, and olive oil. This consistent, almost ritualistic approach to his diet is one of the many well-documented routines the celebrated director maintained to free his mind for creative endeavors.