Charlie Kaufman

“I'm not into extreme sports or something. I just live a quiet life.”

“I do like escapism. I like going to the movies on a Friday night and seeing something fun.”

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

“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.”

“I try to make things interesting and thought-provoking.”

“I feel like I want to keep moving toward idiosyncracy. Personal, personal, personal.”

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

“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. You're sitting here watching a movie. And I like that. It appeals to me intellectually, and also in a way I can't even explain.”