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Charlie Kaufman Quotes

I think if I've worked anything through with screenwriting it's that I'm not going to be able to work anything through Picture Quote #1

I think if something resonates, even if it's surreal, it's because it is relatable and I think that that's a core issue for me Picture Quote #1

I think of myself as a guy who tries to write screenplays and now has tried to direct one. Anything more than that is meaningless and it gets in the way of being a real human being Picture Quote #1

My time on the set is the least of my involvement. Most of my time is in pre-production and post production Picture Quote #1

So when I write characters and situations and relationships, I try to sort of utilize what I know about the world, limited as it is, and what I hear from my friends and see with my relatives Picture Quote #1

The only honest and generous thing for me to do is to give people myself. That's all I've got as an artist, so I want to do that in an unflinching way Picture Quote #1

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What I came to understand is that change is not a choice, not for a species of plant, not for me. It happens, and you are different Picture Quote #1

There are nearly thirteen million people in the world. None of those people is an extra. They're all the leads of their own stories. They have to be given their due Picture Quote #1

What is love anyway? From my new vantage point, I realize that love is nothing more than a messy conglomeration of need, desperation, fear of death and insecurity about penis size Picture Quote #1

It occurred to me that every work of art is a synecdoche, there's no way around it. Every creative work that someone does can only represent an aspect of the whole of something. I can't think of an exception to that Picture Quote #1

I think you just assume that your memory is just sort of a video playback of your experience, but it's nothing like that at all. It's a complete refabrication of an event and a lot of it is made up, because you're filling in spaces Picture Quote #1

There's no way to approach anything in an objective way. We're completely subjective; our view of the world is completely controlled by who we are as human beings, as men or women, by our age, our history, our profession, by the state of the world Picture Quote #1

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As a writer, or as a filmmaker, you have to present yourself, and part of what yourself is is what you're interested in, or what you think is funny, or what you think is sad, or what you think is horrible Picture Quote #1

When I'm writing, I'm trying to immerse myself in the chaos of an emotional experience, rather than separate myself from it and look back at it from a distance with clarity and tell it as a story. Because that's how life is lived, you know? Picture Quote #1

I do like escapism. I like going to the movies on a Friday night and seeing something fun Picture Quote #1

Before you start production, you have characters you have created without actors in mind, then all of a sudden you've got actors. They bring an enormous amount in creating these characters, and creating the dynamics between the characters that you've written Picture Quote #1

I can talk endlessly about characters, or why someone did this or that, and what that dynamic and interaction is. I really love it, and I think that actors really respond positively to the fact that I like to talk about that stuff, because I'm not sure that all directors do Picture Quote #1

I hate a movie that will end by telling you that the first thing you should do is learn to love yourself. That is so insulting and condescending, and so meaningless. My characters don't learn to love each other or themselves Picture Quote #1

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I have a personality that tends to be somewhat compulsive, and I do tend to think in a circular way. I dwell on the same things over and over and I try to figure out different ways of looking at the same issue Picture Quote #1

I think that people have expectations of themselves and other people that are based on these fictions that are presented to them as the way human life and relationships could be, in some sort of weird, ideal world, but they never are. So you're constantly being shown this garbage and you can't get there Picture Quote #1

I'm interested in trying to explore what I think is the truth at a given time in my life, and part of the process of being honest is - in my mind - talking about the idea that you're watching a movie. You're sitting here watching a movie. and I like that. It appeals to me intellectually, and also in a way I can't even explain Picture Quote #1

I'm not a celebrity. I'm intentionally and defiantly not a celebrity. I don't have any interest in it. I don't have any talent for it. I keep my personal life out of my public life as cleanly as I can Picture Quote #1

I'm old enough, by a long shot, to remember going to the library and spending days researching. If I was looking for a line from a poem or something else I needed, that would be the trip I would have to take Picture Quote #1

If you create something that is asking for people to respond as they're going to respond, you have to allow them to respond as they're going to respond. Some of the people are going to be uninterested and some people are going to be mad for some reason, which is their business. That's just the way the world is Picture Quote #1

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There's this inherent screenplay structure that everyone seems to be stuck on, this three-act thing. It doesn't really interest me. To me, it's kind of like saying, 'Well, when you do a painting, you always need to have sky here, the person here and the ground here.' Well, you don't Picture Quote #1

We try to organize the world, which isn't organized the way our brains want to organize it. We tell stories about the people in our lives, we project ideas onto them. We project relationships with people, we make our lives into stories. I don't think we can avoid doing that Picture Quote #1

There really is only one ending to any story. Human life ends in death. Until then, it keeps going and gets complicated and there’s loss. Everything involves loss; every relationship ends in one way or another Picture Quote #1

There are too many ideas and things and people. Too many directions to go. I was starting to believe the reason it matters to care passionately about something, is that it whittles the world down to a more manageable size Picture Quote #1

Everything is more complicated than you think. You only see a tenth of what is true Picture Quote #1

Why do I fall in love with every woman I see that shows me the least bit of attention? Picture Quote #1

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I think if I've worked anything through with screenwriting it's that I'm not going to be able to work anything through (Charlie Kaufman Quotes) I think if something resonates, even if it's surreal, it's because it is relatable and I think that that's a core issue for me (Charlie Kaufman Quotes) I think of myself as a guy who tries to write screenplays and now has tried to direct one. Anything more than that is meaningless and it gets in the way of being a real human being (Charlie Kaufman Quotes) My time on the set is the least of my involvement. Most of my time is in pre-production and post production (Charlie Kaufman Quotes) So when I write characters and situations and relationships, I try to sort of utilize what I know about the world, limited as it is, and what I hear from my friends and see with my relatives (Charlie Kaufman Quotes) The only honest and generous thing for me to do is to give people myself. That's all I've got as an artist, so I want to do that in an unflinching way (Charlie Kaufman Quotes) What I came to understand is that change is not a choice, not for a species of plant, not for me. It happens, and you are different (Charlie Kaufman Quotes) There are nearly thirteen million people in the world. None of those people is an extra. They're all the leads of their own stories. They have to be given their due (Charlie Kaufman Quotes) What is love anyway? From my new vantage point, I realize that love is nothing more than a messy conglomeration of need, desperation, fear of death and insecurity about penis size (Charlie Kaufman Quotes) It occurred to me that every work of art is a synecdoche, there's no way around it. Every creative work that someone does can only represent an aspect of the whole of something. I can't think of an exception to that (Charlie Kaufman Quotes) I think you just assume that your memory is just sort of a video playback of your experience, but it's nothing like that at all. It's a complete refabrication of an event and a lot of it is made up, because you're filling in spaces (Charlie Kaufman Quotes) There's no way to approach anything in an objective way. We're completely subjective; our view of the world is completely controlled by who we are as human beings, as men or women, by our age, our history, our profession, by the state of the world (Charlie Kaufman Quotes) As a writer, or as a filmmaker, you have to present yourself, and part of what yourself is is what you're interested in, or what you think is funny, or what you think is sad, or what you think is horrible (Charlie Kaufman Quotes) When I'm writing, I'm trying to immerse myself in the chaos of an emotional experience, rather than separate myself from it and look back at it from a distance with clarity and tell it as a story. Because that's how life is lived, you know? (Charlie Kaufman Quotes) I do like escapism. I like going to the movies on a Friday night and seeing something fun (Charlie Kaufman Quotes) Before you start production, you have characters you have created without actors in mind, then all of a sudden you've got actors. They bring an enormous amount in creating these characters, and creating the dynamics between the characters that you've written (Charlie Kaufman Quotes) I can talk endlessly about characters, or why someone did this or that, and what that dynamic and interaction is. I really love it, and I think that actors really respond positively to the fact that I like to talk about that stuff, because I'm not sure that all directors do (Charlie Kaufman Quotes) I hate a movie that will end by telling you that the first thing you should do is learn to love yourself. That is so insulting and condescending, and so meaningless. My characters don't learn to love each other or themselves (Charlie Kaufman Quotes) I have a personality that tends to be somewhat compulsive, and I do tend to think in a circular way. I dwell on the same things over and over and I try to figure out different ways of looking at the same issue (Charlie Kaufman Quotes) I think that people have expectations of themselves and other people that are based on these fictions that are presented to them as the way human life and relationships could be, in some sort of weird, ideal world, but they never are. So you're constantly being shown this garbage and you can't get there (Charlie Kaufman Quotes) I'm interested in trying to explore what I think is the truth at a given time in my life, and part of the process of being honest is - in my mind - talking about the idea that you're watching a movie. You're sitting here watching a movie. and I like that. It appeals to me intellectually, and also in a way I can't even explain (Charlie Kaufman Quotes) I'm not a celebrity. I'm intentionally and defiantly not a celebrity. I don't have any interest in it. I don't have any talent for it. I keep my personal life out of my public life as cleanly as I can (Charlie Kaufman Quotes) I'm old enough, by a long shot, to remember going to the library and spending days researching. If I was looking for a line from a poem or something else I needed, that would be the trip I would have to take (Charlie Kaufman Quotes) If you create something that is asking for people to respond as they're going to respond, you have to allow them to respond as they're going to respond. Some of the people are going to be uninterested and some people are going to be mad for some reason, which is their business. That's just the way the world is (Charlie Kaufman Quotes) There's this inherent screenplay structure that everyone seems to be stuck on, this three-act thing. It doesn't really interest me. To me, it's kind of like saying, 'Well, when you do a painting, you always need to have sky here, the person here and the ground here.' Well, you don't (Charlie Kaufman Quotes) We try to organize the world, which isn't organized the way our brains want to organize it. We tell stories about the people in our lives, we project ideas onto them. We project relationships with people, we make our lives into stories. I don't think we can avoid doing that (Charlie Kaufman Quotes) There really is only one ending to any story. Human life ends in death. Until then, it keeps going and gets complicated and there’s loss. Everything involves loss; every relationship ends in one way or another (Charlie Kaufman Quotes) There are too many ideas and things and people. Too many directions to go. I was starting to believe the reason it matters to care passionately about something, is that it whittles the world down to a more manageable size (Charlie Kaufman Quotes) Everything is more complicated than you think. You only see a tenth of what is true (Charlie Kaufman Quotes) Why do I fall in love with every woman I see that shows me the least bit of attention? (Charlie Kaufman Quotes)

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