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I've kind of come to the conclusion that what passes for realism in movies has nothing to do with reality and that my stuff is more realistic than that.

~Charlie Kaufman

Topics: Come Conclusion Kind More Movies Nothing Passes Realism Realistic Reality Stuff Than

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In a lot of movies, especially big studio ones, they're not constructed in any other way than to get people to like them and then tell their friends. It's a product.

~Charlie Kaufman

Topics: Any Any Other Way Big Constructed Friends Get Like Lot Movies Other People Product Studio Tell Than Them Then Way

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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.

~Charlie Kaufman

Topics: Circular Compulsive Different Different Ways Dwell Figure Issue Looking Out Over Personality Same Same Things Somewhat Tend Tends Things Think Try Way Ways

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I think if I've worked anything through with screenwriting it's that I'm not going to be able to work anything through.

~Charlie Kaufman

Topics: Able Anything Going Screenwriting Think Through Work Worked I Think

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I don't write genre stuff in any form. I'm not interested in it. I always try to do the opposite of that.

~Charlie Kaufman

Topics: Always Any Form Genre Interested Not Interested Opposite Stuff Try Write

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I don't subscribe to anything. I sit there and I try to think about what seems honest to me.

~Charlie Kaufman

Topics: About Anything Honest Me Seems Sit Subscribe Think Try

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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.

~Charlie Kaufman

Topics: Artist Generous Give Got Honest Me Myself Only People Thing Want Way

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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.

~Charlie Kaufman

Topics: Around Art Aspect Creative Creative Work Does Every Exception Me Occurred Only Represent Someone Something Think Way Whole Work

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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.

~Charlie Kaufman

Topics: About Avoid Brains Doing Ideas Lives Make Onto Organize Organized Our Our Lives People Project Relationships Stories Tell Them Think Try Want Way Which World

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

~Charlie Kaufman

Topics: Actor Any Deal Famous Famous People Had Intimidation Lot Meeting My Own Own People Really Sense

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Writer

Born: November 1st, 1958

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