I often have a theme in mind when I'm starting. I know that I want everything to be in a world of,… — Charlie Kaufman Copy Share Image
I think everything I do is based on my experience in the world in one way or another. — Charlie Kaufman Copy Share Image
I do have, at different times, a certain kind of self-consciousness in the world, an insecurity. — Charlie Kaufman Copy Share Image
I think generally I'm kind of interested in subjective experience, what goes on inside someone's head, that being all they really know… — Charlie Kaufman Copy Share Image
I don't think the world objectively exists the way we think it exists. There's a constant sort of storytelling process. — Charlie Kaufman Copy Share Image
There are nearly thirteen million people in the world. None of those people is an extra. They're all the leads of their… — Charlie Kaufman Copy Share Image
I try to present something that is true so I don't further destroy the world with my contribution to it. — Charlie Kaufman Copy Share Image
I think there are things that aren't represented in movies that are a big part of everyone's life. We romanticize everything about… — Charlie Kaufman Copy Share Image
I tend to not only read reviews, but also every little stupid thing online. It's a very bad idea, and there's a… — Charlie Kaufman Copy Share Image
There is so much crap in the world, both in show and other businesses, that I try to be vulnerable myself, in… — Charlie Kaufman Copy Share Image
There are too many ideas and things and people. Too many directions to go. I was starting to believe the reason it… — Charlie Kaufman Copy Share Image
We're all subjective beings and trapped in our own realities and our own biographical stories and physical bodies and our histories -… — Charlie Kaufman Copy Share Image
I'm interested in art, and I think about the process of making art. It's part of my personality, my experience of the… — Charlie Kaufman Copy Share Image
The world needs you. It doesn't need you at a party having read a book about how to appear smart at parties… — Charlie Kaufman Copy Share Image
I think that people have expectations of themselves and other people that are based on these fictions that are presented to them… — Charlie Kaufman Copy Share Image
Say who you are, really say it in your life and in your work. Tell someone out there who is lost, someone… — Charlie Kaufman Copy Share Image
There's no way to approach anything in an objective way. We're completely subjective; our view of the world is completely controlled by… — Charlie Kaufman Copy Share Image
If you create something that is asking for people to respond as they're going to respond, you have to allow them to… — Charlie Kaufman Copy Share Image
So when I write characters and situations and relationships, I try to sort of utilize what I know about the world, limited… — Charlie Kaufman Copy Share Image
We try to organize the world, which isn't organized the way our brains want to organize it. We tell stories about the… — Charlie Kaufman Copy Share Image
I think that people create the world that they live in. Your existence is very subjective, and you tell stories and organize… — Charlie Kaufman Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share
And then to see the whole movie, you're pretty much waiting until the end of production. And the major lifting in terms of editing… — Charlie Kaufman Copy Share
Seriously, I don't consider myself a writer. I don't think I have writing talent. But I will continue to do it. — Charlie Kaufman Copy Share
I spend a lot of time in preproduction working with authors, and a lot of time in postproduction.: editing, music, all that sort of… — Charlie Kaufman Copy Share
There's a point I can get to where I start writing character and then through the dialogue, after all of this preparation, the thing… — Charlie Kaufman Copy Share
Directing is a more pragmatic experience, where you have to deal with the restrictions of time and money that force you to make certain… — Charlie Kaufman Copy Share
I feel like I want to keep moving toward idiosyncracy. Personal, personal, personal. — Charlie Kaufman Copy Share
I actually think I'm probably more interested in structure than most people who write screenplays, because I think about it. — Charlie Kaufman Copy Share
Yeah, once we decided to use that replacement animation, and the seams are a function of that animation, and other movies paint those out,… — Charlie Kaufman Copy Share
I just try to be honest, because I think that's part of my job description as a writer. — Charlie Kaufman Copy Share
I love working with actors. I love visual things. I always intended to be a writer who directs and a director who writes. — Charlie Kaufman Copy Share
“Why didn't I go in? I'm such a chicken. I'm such an idiot. I should have kissed her. I've blown it. I should just… — Charlie Kaufman Copy Share
I try when I'm writing to leave enough "space" for people to have their own interpretation, and not to direct it toward one conclusion.… — Charlie Kaufman Copy Share
I don't have a style. I wouldn't say I have a style as a writer, either. I know people have said "This is what… — Charlie Kaufman Copy Share
