--- title: "7 Charlie Kaufman Quotes by 7 authors" description: "Browse 7 Charlie Kaufman quotes by 7 authors. Discover the best Charlie Kaufman sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/22d/michel-gondry-6811_care_i-m-going-to-work-with-dan-clowes-after_900032.jpg" --- > [I'm going to work with Dan Clowes. After Charlie Kaufman, it's hard to fill up the gap. It's hard to find somebody…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michel-gondry/i-m-going-to-work-with-dan-clowes-after-charlie-kaufman-it-s-hard-to/) [Michel Gondry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michel-gondry/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/22d/michel-gondry-6811_care_i-m-going-to-work-with-dan-clowes-after_900032.jpg) > [It's fun to improvise, but I still think it's better to have a great script, you know, like a Charlie Kaufman script.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sam-rockwell/it-s-fun-to-improvise-but-i-still-think-it-s-better-to-have-a-great/) [Sam Rockwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sam-rockwell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d98/sam-rockwell-14764_better_it-s-fun-to-improvise-but-i-still-think_1067463.jpg) > [“Charlie Kaufman: There was this time in high school. I was watching you out the library window. You were talking to Sarah…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charlie-kaufman/charlie-kaufman-there-was-this-time-in-high-school-i-was-watching-you/) [Charlie Kaufman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charlie-kaufman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/560/charlie-kaufman-2409_high-school_charlie-kaufman-there-was-this-time-in-h_1166877.jpg) > [I know Charlie Kaufman really well, for instance. Charlie Kaufman starts a story, and he has no freaking idea where he's going.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-gaghan/i-know-charlie-kaufman-really-well-for-instance-charlie-kaufman/) [Stephen Gaghan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-gaghan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bc8/stephen-gaghan-27660_because_i-know-charlie-kaufman-really-well-for-i_2002113.jpg) > [Even if I don't see Brooklyn I have to see Anomolisa, because it's Charlie Kaufman. No one is doing things that they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bun-b/even-if-i-don-t-see-brooklyn-i-have-to-see-anomolisa-because-it-s/) [Bun B](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bun-b/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7c4/bun-b-10711_brooklyn_even-if-i-don-t-see-brooklyn-i-have-to-s_2121807.jpg) > [Oftentimes you get that question, 'If you could play any character in the world, who would you play?' And I always say,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jenna-ortega/oftentimes-you-get-that-question-if-you-could-play-any-character-in/) [Jenna Ortega](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jenna-ortega/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b31/jenna-ortega-5985_always_oftentimes-you-get-that-question-if-you_2425739.jpg) > [My dreams are like fuzzy Charlie Kaufman movies, so I love going to sleep.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/reed-morano/my-dreams-are-like-fuzzy-charlie-kaufman-movies-so-i-love-going-to/) [Reed Morano](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/reed-morano/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8ea/reed-morano-7427_dream_my-dreams-are-like-fuzzy-charlie-kaufman_2701516.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/charlie-kaufman/#itemlist", "name": "Charlie Kaufman Quotes", "numberOfItems": 7, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I'm going to work with Dan Clowes. 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