Charlie Kaufman Quotes
I actually think I'm probably more interested in structure than most people who write screenplays, because I think about it.
Quotes to Explore
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I wanted my children to have the same exposure to the water I had. My strongest memories of Northeast Harbor are going in a small Whaler with my dad, looking for osprey.
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Public life is regarded as the crown of a career, and to young men it is the worthiest ambition. Politics is still the greatest and the most honorable adventure.
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If people get to the end of the record, then that is a treat.
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I was bulimic and anorexic for a while, just hating my body. As an actress, I was never thin enough, never pretty enough. My boobs weren't big enough.
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I'm from outside Philadelphia, a town called Wayne, which is, like, 25 minutes northwest.
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Home is most important in the long run.
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No one really knows who I am or where I came from in America, and there's something quite nice about that.
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I could imagine actually being a scientist or a detective, but not a detective who puts his hands into gory, bloody things. But more like someone who figures things out. I like to figure things out.
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Happiness is a mysterious concept. It seems to work best as futurity: at that point I will be happy, et cetera. I feel like I experience small pieces of joy day to day.
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Food-wise, oh man, I tend to really indulge on vacation because a lot of my friends are incredible chefs. One friend makes an eggplant parmesan that is heavenly and melts in your mouth, and another makes a chocolate pudding that I can't resist.
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This Islam business kidnapped me.
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My first languages are German and Spanish because I was brought up by a Spanish mother and a German father, so I always spoke both languages at home. I'm very thankful that I was brought up in a bilingual house.
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I don't want to be the type of person to have my relationships plastered in magazines.
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The poet speaks to all men of that other life of theirs that they have smothered and forgotten.
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I have always enjoyed the company of women and have formed deep and long-lasting friendships with many of them.
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Watching game film motivates me a lot. It shows me what I need to work on and determines the specific workouts I do.
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Hollywood so often likes to make movies that are just about itself. I felt there were a lot of stories that were yet to be told in the middle of the country, and I wanted to capture some of that beauty.
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When I was in high school, I was doing all the plays. My drama teacher, Melody Duggan, was the one one who first made me do stand-up. She's the origin of the whole thing; it's all her. In high school in Denver, that was kind of the beginning of it all.
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I wanted to write in Kitchenese, the secret language of cooks, instantly recognizable to anyone who has ever dunked french fries for a summer job or suffered under the despotic rule of a tyrannical chef or boobish owner.
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Performing with anthrax in the building is not nearly as difficult as performing in a home where you might get stabbed at night.
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For generations, Americans who aren't rich have been generous and admiring of their wealthy compatriots - want a country where people who work hard can succeed, where the same rules apply to everyone. They expect to have their own shot at getting rich. But increasingly, they are seeing that the game is rigged.
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Illegal immigration continues to be a major problem in the United States. We have people waiting to come here legally. And we should not be rewarding people who have come here illegally.
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Before coming here I had a minor back problem and I thought whenever I play Pakistan I get a back problem.
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I actually think I'm probably more interested in structure than most people who write screenplays, because I think about it.
