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Directing is a more pragmatic experience, where you have to deal with the restrictions of time and money that force you to make certain decisions you don't have to make when you're writing.

~Charlie Kaufman

Topics: Certain Deal Decisions Directing Experience Force Make Money More Pragmatic Restrictions Time Time And Money Where Writing You

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

~Charlie Kaufman

Topics: Involvement Least Most My Time Post-Production Set Time

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

~Charlie Kaufman

Topics: Everything How Know Only Personal Way Write Written

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I don't think screenwriting is therapeutic. It's actually really, really hard for me. It's not an enjoyable process.

~Charlie Kaufman

Topics: Actually Enjoyable Hard Me Process Really Screenwriting Therapeutic Think

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I do have, at different times, a certain kind of self-consciousness in the world, an insecurity.

~Charlie Kaufman

Topics: Certain Different Different Times Insecurity Kind Self-Consciousness Times World

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I was trying to figure out what a memory feels like.

~Charlie Kaufman

Topics: Feels Figure Like Memory Out Trying

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I'm not a celebrity. I'm intentionally and defiantly not a celebrity. I don't have any interest in it. I don't have any talent for it. I keep my personal life out of my public life as cleanly as I can.

~Charlie Kaufman

Topics: Any Celebrity Intentionally Interest Keep Life Out Personal Personal Life Public Public Life Talent I Can

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I have a tendency to hire people who tend to be unattractive to the studios. Maybe this is a bad idea.

~Charlie Kaufman

Topics: Bad Bad Idea Hire Idea Maybe People Studios Tend Tendency Unattractive Who

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I want to create situations that give people something to think about.

~Charlie Kaufman

Topics: About Create Give People Situations Something Think Want

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I do have some theatrical background. I've written plays and seen plays and read plays. But I also read novels. One thing I don't read is screenplays.

~Charlie Kaufman

Topics: Also Background Novels One Thing Plays Read Screenplays Seen Some Theatrical Thing Written

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Writer

Born: November 1st, 1958

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