Thinking Quotes by Charlie Kaufman

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

— Charlie Kaufman

I think everything I do is based on my experience in the world in one way or another.

— Charlie Kaufman

I don't think I've had a lonely moment in my life.

— Charlie Kaufman

I just try to be honest, because I think that's part of my job description as a writer.

— Charlie Kaufman

I don't subscribe to anything. I sit there and I try to think about what seems honest to me.

— Charlie Kaufman

I want to create situations that give people something to think about.

— Charlie Kaufman

I don't think the world objectively exists the way we think it exists. There's a constant sort of storytelling process.

— Charlie Kaufman

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

I think I've had pretty good experiences for the most part with the people who have directed my screenplays.

— Charlie Kaufman

I don't have a style. I wouldn't say I have a style as a writer, either. I know people have said "This…

— Charlie Kaufman

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…

— Charlie Kaufman

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

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

I actually think I'm probably more interested in structure than most people who write screenplays, because I think about it.

— Charlie Kaufman

I think you just assume that your memory is just sort of a video playback of your experience, but it's nothing like…

— Charlie Kaufman

Yeah, once we decided to use that replacement animation, and the seams are a function of that animation, and other movies paint…

— Charlie Kaufman

I'm Jewish, and my family is Jewish. I was very interested in Woody Allen when I was growing up, but I don't…

— Charlie Kaufman

I try when I'm writing to leave enough "space" for people to have their own interpretation, and not to direct it toward…

— Charlie Kaufman

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

And also the idea of not making it apparent that it's different from the rest of the film, even though there are…

— Charlie Kaufman

When I'm writing a script, before I can write dialogue or anything, I have two or three hundred pages of notes, which…

— Charlie Kaufman

Story ideas, but it's also musing on stuff that I'm thinking about. This leads me to this and this leads me to…

— Charlie Kaufman

I know that as a very young child, I was afraid of death. Many children become aware of the notion of death…

— Charlie Kaufman

I think now that I've tried directing, I'm not interested in doing adaptations anymore. I could do an adaptation of someone else's…

— Charlie Kaufman

I think I've had pretty good experiences for the most part with the people who have directed my screenplays. It's more that…

— Charlie Kaufman

“Do I have an original thought in my head? My bald head. Maybe if I were happier, my hair wouldn't be falling…

— Charlie Kaufman

I think dreams are metaphors. Everything you do in writing is metaphorical. So it seems like the same arena to me.

— Charlie Kaufman

I think that people create the world that they live in. Your existence is very subjective, and you tell stories and organize…

— Charlie Kaufman

I don't think screenwriting is therapeutic. It's actually really, really hard for me. It's not an enjoyable process.

— Charlie Kaufman

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

I think of myself as a guy who tries to write screenplays and now has tried to direct one. Anything more than…

— Charlie Kaufman

It occurred to me that every work of art is a synecdoche, there's no way around it. Every creative work that someone…

— Charlie Kaufman

I really like when critics reveal their subjectivity and their humanity. I prefer it when people say nice things, but if they…

— Charlie Kaufman

I can talk endlessly about characters, or why someone did this or that, and what that dynamic and interaction is. I really…

— Charlie Kaufman

I'm interested in trying to explore what I think is the truth at a given time in my life, and part of…

— Charlie Kaufman

As a writer, or as a filmmaker, you have to present yourself, and part of what yourself is is what you're interested…

— Charlie Kaufman

I think directing and writing are very different jobs. Obviously, directing is a more social and managerial job. The other thing about…

— Charlie Kaufman

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

From my vantage point in writing a story, I can't and don't and have no interest in thinking about the level of…

— Charlie Kaufman

I have a personality that tends to be somewhat compulsive, and I do tend to think in a circular way. I dwell…

— Charlie Kaufman