“Television is a very writer-driven business, and it's one of the few parts of entertainment where writers are treated with respect, only because they need you. If they didn't have to treat you with respect, they would be happy to dismiss you.” IfsNeedsWould BeTelevisionTreatsEntertainmentDrivenTreatedNeed You Author:Mitchell Hurwitz
“My time on the set is the least of my involvement. Most of my time is in pre-production and post-production.” ProductionsPostsMy TimeInvolvementPost Production Author:Charlie Kaufman
“It occurred to me that every work of art is a synecdoche, there's no way around it. Every creative work that someone does can only represent an aspect of the whole of something. I can't think of an exception to that.” ThinkingWayDoeArtI CanWholeCreativeArt IsAspectExceptionWorks Of ArtCreative Work Author:Charlie Kaufman
“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 explore it. I don't know where the characters are going to go, I don't know what the movie is going to do or what the screenplay is going to do. For me, that's the way to keep it alive.” KnowsWayWritingKindCharacterGoalAliveScreenplays Author:Charlie Kaufman
“I'm not into extreme sports or something. I just live a quiet life.” SportsQuietExtremesJust LiveQuiet LifeExtreme Sports Author:Charlie Kaufman
“I want to create situations that give people something to think about.” PeopleThinkingWantGivingSituation Author:Charlie Kaufman
“I studied acting at Boston University. I was in the theater department there. Somewhere in there I decided that wasn't what I was going to do and I went to the B.F.A. film program at N.Y.U.” FilmActingProgramDecidedTheaterUniversityDepartmentBostonBoston University Author:Charlie Kaufman
“I have a personality that tends to be somewhat compulsive, and I do tend to think in a circular way. I dwell on the same things over and over and I try to figure out different ways of looking at the same issue.” ThinkingWayTryingDifferentIssuesFiguresPersonalityDifferent Ways Author:Charlie Kaufman
“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 think you just assume that your memory is just sort of a video playback of your experience, but it's nothing like that at all. It's a complete refabrication of an event and a lot of it is made up, because you're filling in spaces.” ThinkingMadeMemoriesSpaceEventsAssumingVideoFillingOur MemoriesFilling In Author:Charlie Kaufman