Charlie Kaufman Quotes
I don't write genre stuff in any form. I'm not interested in it. I always try to do the opposite of that.
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I still study dance, and it's definitely something I want to incorporate in the future. It's always been my first love.
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I love my work but do not know how I write it.
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I've pretty much behaved like a knucklehead my entire life.
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On 'Paranormal Activity,' it worked to my advantage not to have much of a crew, but on a bigger movie, where you have to work with a larger group of people who basically become your second family for a few months, it can be a great experience. Even though all of my projects are small scale compared to most Hollywood productions.
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All art is exorcism. I paint dreams and visions too; the dreams and visions of my time. Painting is the effort to produce order; order in yourself. There is much chaos in me, much chaos in our time.
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One of the greatest gifts I've ever gotten is my daughter.
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I get along with guys; most of my friends are guys. It's easier to trust men sometimes. I only have a few close girlfriends that I trust.
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Mickey Mouse is, to me, a symbol of independence. He was a means to an end.
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Clark Gable seemed fascinating all his life because there wasn't so much information about him. Today, you're on television all the time.
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I'm doing what I do for the right reasons. I love the music that I make.
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Instead of abandoning competition and giving banks protected monopolies once again, the public would be better served by making it easier to close banks when they get into trouble. Instead of making banking boring, let us make it a normal industry, susceptible to destruction in the face of creativity.
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I love biographies. I read Patti Smith's 'Just Kids.' I'm into that time frame in New York, the '70s and '80s. In art school, I read 'Close to the Knives,' the autobiography of the artist and AIDS activist David Wojnarowicz.
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A man who goes forth to take the life of another whom he does not know must believe one thing only - that by his act he will change the course of history.
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Television is so dictated by time constraints that you have to make quick decisions and go with them.
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Maintenance is terribly important.
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Sucking up to a director means you are unsure of your talents. I'm not.
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Since government supposedly can do whatever it sets out to do, the president should sign an executive order outlawing death. However, as with all other laws, Congress should be exempt.
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If this person slept with your girlfriend, she would never be attractive to you again.
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We are moving the debate in a more limited government direction. And in a more rule of law direction, a more conservative direction.
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When I talk to booksellers, they tell me how hard it is to hand-sell some of my books because I do keep popping around.
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Just as the soul fills the body, so God fills the world. Just as the soul bears the body, so God endures the world. Just as the soul sees but is not seen, so God sees but is not seen. Just as the soul feeds the body, so God gives food to the world.
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To explain all nature is too difficult a task for any one man or even for any one age.
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Today, a skilled manager makes more than the owner. And owners fight each other to get the skilled managers.
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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.
