243 Quotes by Charlie Kaufman

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, and what I hear from my friends and see with my relatives.

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

I think generally I'm kind of interested in subjective experience, what goes on inside someone's head, that being all they really know of the world.

I choose to write characters from the inside because I feel like that's the way I'm gonna get the most honest version of them.

I've had to deal, a lot, with my own sense of intimidation at meeting famous people - especially actors, but really any famous people.

Everything I've written is personal - it's the only way I know how to write.

My time on the set is the least of my involvement. Most of my time is in pre-production and post-production.

You and I share the same DNA. Is there anything more lonely than that?

There is so much crap in the world, both in show and other businesses, that I try to be vulnerable myself, in the hopes that there is some truth I can get to, that makes people feel less alone in the world.