243 Quotes by Charlie Kaufman

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

I think directing and writing are very different jobs. Obviously, directing is a more social and managerial job. The other thing about directing is that it’s a very, very pragmatic job, and writing isn’t.

I like titles that are a little difficult, because it’s kind of counterintuitive.

I do a lot of things intuitively. I’m not often consciously aware of what I’m doing. It’s like in a dream: There’s something going on that’s powerful but you don’t know exactly why.

Scary is time passing and sickness and dying and regret and isolation and loneliness and relationship problems – as opposed to a guy in a hockey mask, which didn’t seem that scary.

I like for people to figure things out for themselves. It’s not like I have the right answer, but if I have a visceral reaction to something, I’m sure that other people will, too.

There are so many people who are making movies now who can’t get any kind of distribution, so the market seems like it’s flooded.

And also the idea of not making it apparent that it’s different from the rest of the film, even though there are visual differences, the audience is supposed to think that they are with him when he wakes up in the morning.

I’m in my mind a lot. I live there.