“People ask me all the time, "What are your influences? Are you trying to do Beckett?" It's like, "No, I'm trying to do me." Whatever that is. I don't know what that is, but that's the basis. I'm trying to be true and I'm trying to be honest.” PeopleKnowsTryingAsksInfluenceHonestBasesBeing TrueBeing HonestAsk MeBeckett Author:Charlie Kaufman
“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.” WayFeelsWritingCharacterHonestVersions Author:Charlie Kaufman
“I'm moving - as a person and as a writer - through time. I'm a different age. I'm thinking about different things. I have different life experiences. I'm trying to get closer to being honest. And by closer I mean that at different ages I have different ideas of what the truth is, and at any point I'm trying to express that at that moment in time.” ThinkingTryingMeanPersonsIdeasDifferentMomentsAgeMovingHonestTruth IsBeing HonestDifferent ThingsThat MomentLife ExperienceMoments In TimeRough TimesDifferent IdeasDifferent LifeDifferent Ages Author: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 the process of being honest is - in my mind - talking about the idea that you're watching a movie.” ThinkingTryingMindIdeasGivenProcessTalkingHonestBeing Honest Author:Charlie Kaufman
“I just try to be honest, because I think that's part of my job description as a writer.” ThinkingTryingJobsHonestBeing HonestDescription Author:Charlie Kaufman
“I don't subscribe to anything. I sit there and I try to think about what seems honest to me.” ThinkingTryingSeemsHonest Author:Charlie Kaufman
“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, someone who won’t be born for 500 years. Your writing will be a record of your time. It can’t help but be that. But more importantly, if you’re honest about who you are, you’ll help that person be less lonely in their world because that person will recognise him or herself in you and that will give them hope.” IfsWorldGivingWritingYearsPersonsHelpingLostBornRecordsHonestLonelyWho You AreRecogniseLost Someone Author:Charlie Kaufman
“The only honest and generous thing for me to do is to give people myself. That's all I've got as an artist, so I want to do that in an unflinching way.” PeopleWayWantGivingArtistHonestGenerous Author:Charlie Kaufman
