I like for people to figure things out for themselves. It's not like I have the right answer, but if I have a visceral reaction to something, I'm sure that other people will, too.
Charlie KaufmanMy point of view comes more from the literature I've read and the comedy of the era. When I was a kid, coming across National Lampoon Magazine, that was a big thing. I suddenly felt like there were other people that felt the way I did, and there was a way of expressing and communicating this worldview.
Charlie KaufmanThere's no way to approach anything in an objective way. We're completely subjective; our view of the world is completely controlled by who we are as human beings, as men or women, by our age, our history, our profession, by the state of the world.
Charlie KaufmanI think dreams are metaphors. Everything you do in writing is metaphorical. So it seems like the same arena to me.
Charlie KaufmanSay who you are, really say it in your life and in your work. Tell someone out there who is lost, someone not yet born, someone who wonโt be born for 500 years. Your writing will be a record of your time. It canโt help but be that. But more importantly, if youโre honest about who you are, youโll help that person be less lonely in their world because that person will recognise him or herself in you and that will give them hope.
Charlie Kaufman