Charlie Kaufman Quotes

There's been so much that I've shared with the world, and by doing so, it's helped me connect with others on a whole new level. I love that, as I want people to watch 'Total Divas' and be able to relate themselves to what we go through. My hopes are that they realize we are all in this 'thing called life' together.

A lot of people have told me, you know, that what I've written about, they identify with strongly.

When you're watching somebody read your material and they smile and nod, you know you've found that place where your experience and their experience match, even though they aren't the same exact experience.

Nobody is so weird others can't identify with them.

If you have tapped into something that is real for you, chances are you are going to tap into something that is real for someone else.

It scares me. But then I get this big feeling, simple but exalted: He's like me, just with different details.

I think I'm relatable.

I love the fact that people can relate to what I'm saying, even if it's not for the same subject I was writing about. That is the power of real music and real expression.

If a song's about something I've experienced or that could've happened to me it's good. But if it's alien to me, I couldn't lend anything to it. Because that's what soul is all about.

It is easier to speak to those who have had similar experiences than to those who are as yet ignorant.

When humor works, it works because it's clarifying what people already feel. It has to come from someplace real.

Empathy is the faculty to resonate with the feelings of others. When we meet someone who is joyful, we smile. When we witness someone in pain, we suffer in resonance with his or her suffering.

The great thing about a song is that no one has to know your story. But if you tell it in a way that has clarity and means something to somebody else, then it can apply to their story.

I think it's all about how much you love, understand and can relate to the material you are given.

I think I've learnt that there is no character so strange that you haven't shared their experience in some small way.

It definitely seems like we are connecting with people, which is nice, because I've had a lot of music do the same for me. It's not like I don't I understand why we get the reactions we do.

I obviously have a knack for getting on paper what a lot of people have thought and didn't realize they thought. And they say, 'Hey, yeah!' And they like that.

There's no hierarchy in suffering. I think songs that are transcendent are the ones where everyone can feel something from it, you know?

Probably above all other things, I am interested as a writer in making a connection, interested in the parts of all of us that connect.

When a piece of art gets really specific is usually when anybody can relate to it.

I wanted to get people to feel where I'm coming from and connect with people who are feeling the same way that I am.

I want the fans to know that just because we have a microphone; we're no different from you.

I feel similar to a lot of people. I don't feel unique. So what I'm trying to do in my films is provide something for people like me, but also a collection of scenes that instigate.

My songwriting is personal in the hope that listeners will know that I relate to them.

Because of my personality, I'm able to connect with kids on a personal level.