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Charles Stuart Kaufman is an American screenwriter, producer, director and novelist. He wrote the films Being John Malkovich , Adaptation , and Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind . He made his directorial debut with Synecdoche, New York , which film critic Roger Ebert called "the best movie of the decade" in 2009. Further directorial work include the stop motion animated film Anomalisa and the upcoming I'm Thinking of Ending Things .

One of the most celebrated screenwriters of his era, Kaufman has been nominated for four Academy Awards: twice for Best Original Screenplay for Being John Malkovich and Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind , Best Adapted Screenplay for Adaptation, and Best Animated Feature for Anomalisa. He also won two BAFTA Award for Best Original Screenplays and one BAFTA Award for Best Adapted Screenplay. Three of Kaufman's scripts appear in the Writers Guild of America's list of the 101 greatest movie screenplays ever written. Wikipedia  

✵ 19. November 1958
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Famous Charlie Kaufman Quotes

“You are what you love, not what loves you.”

Charlie Kaufman

“Meet me in Montauk…”

Charlie Kaufman

Source: Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind: The Shooting Script

“Constantly talking isn't necessarily communicating.”

Charlie Kaufman

“There are too many ideas and things and people. Too many directions to go. I was starting to believe the reason it matters to care passionately about something, is that it whittles the world down to a more manageable size.”

Charlie Kaufman

Source: Adaptation.: The Shooting Script

“We're all one thing, like cells in a body. 'Cept we can't see the body. The way fish can't see the ocean. And so we envy each other. Hurt each other. Hate each other. How silly is that? A heart cell hating a lung cell.”

Charlie Kaufman

Source: Adaptation.: The Shooting Script

“You and I share the same DNA.
Is there anything more lonely than that?”

Charlie Kaufman

Source: Adaptation.: The Shooting Script

Charlie Kaufman Quotes

“There really is only one ending to any story. Human life ends in death. Until then, it keeps going and gets complicated and there's loss. Everything involves loss; every relationship ends in one way or another.”

Charlie Kaufman

“Sand is overrated. It's just tiny little rocks.”

Charlie Kaufman

Source: Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind: The Shooting Script

“CLEMENTINE: This is it, Joel. It's going to be gone soon.
JOEL: I know.
CLEMENTINE: What do we do?
JOEL: Enjoy it.”

Charlie Kaufman

Source: Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind: The Shooting Script

“Why do I fall in love with every woman I see that shows me the least bit of attention?”

Charlie Kaufman

Source: Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind: The Shooting Script

“There are nearly thirteen million people in the world. None of those people is an extra. They're all the leads of their own stories. They have to be given their due.”

Charlie Kaufman

Source: Synecdoche, New York: The Shooting Script

“Writing is a journey into the unknown.”

Charlie Kaufman

“If you ever got me, you wouldn't have a clue what to do with me.”

Charlie Kaufman

Source: Being John Malkovich

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