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Writing Quotes by 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.
- The way I write is very much without kind of a goal. I have something I'm interested in and then I decide I'm going to…
- 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…
- 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,…
- I don't write genre stuff in any form. I'm not interested in it. I always try to do the opposite of that.
- Everything I've written is personal - it's the only way I know how to write.
- I actually think I'm probably more interested in structure than most people who write screenplays, because I think about it.
- Directing is a more pragmatic experience, where you have to deal with the restrictions of time and money that force you to make certain decisions…
- 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…
- Say who you are, really say it in your life and in your work. Tell someone out there who is lost, someone not yet born,…
- Writing is a journey into the unknown.
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