“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
“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.” ThinkingIdeasDifferentFilmDifferencesMorningAudienceWake UpVisuals Author: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 this. They're kind of random and haphazard. Often I can't find anything. Somehow, by doing that, even though I don't necessarily refer to them in a specific way, I have some sort of architecture in my head.” ThinkingWayKindI CanIdeasStoriesStuffArchitectureLeading MeMusingsHaphazard Author:Charlie Kaufman
“I do throw out a lot of ideas, and I forget completely about them.” IdeasForget Author:Charlie Kaufman
“I have a tendency to hire people who tend to be unattractive to the studios. Maybe this is a bad idea.” PeopleIdeasStudiosTendenciesBad IdeasUnattractive Author:Charlie Kaufman
“I have ideas written down some places, but usually I can't find them. I'm not very organized.” I CanIdeasWrittenOrganized Author: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 people in our lives, we project ideas onto them. We project relationships with people, we make our lives into stories. I don't think we can avoid doing that.” PeopleThinkingWorldWayWantTryingIdeasStoriesBrainOur LivesProjectsOrganizedOrganizePeople In Our Lives Author:Charlie Kaufman
“There are too many ideas and things and people. Too many directions to go. I was starting to believe the reason it matters to care passionately about something, is that it whittles the world down to a more manageable size.” PeopleWorldBelieveIdeasMatterReasonCareStartingSizeAdaptationManageableFilm Adaptations Book:Adaptation: Screenplay Source: Adaptation: Screenplay
“I tend to not only read reviews, but also every little stupid thing online. It's a very bad idea, and there's a lot of angry people in the world. And it's weird to absorb all that weirdness.” PeopleWorldLittlesIdeasStupidAngryOnlineReviewsBad IdeasWeirdnessStupid Things Author:Charlie Kaufman
“I wanted to deal with someone's idea of their relationship.” IdeasWantedDeals Author:Charlie Kaufman
