Charlie Kaufman Quotes

I have no interest in writing, directing or producing.

I have stories that I'd like to maybe one day consider directing, but you need a lot of time to write and put it together.

I've been writing and wanting to direct for a long time.

I started writing screenplays myself and eventually directing.

I've been a writer for years, but it was mainly as a function of trying to be a director, so I just got work as a writer. I want to keep directing.

I enjoy looking at words on paper and visualizing how to make them come to life. As a director, the creative process is really amazing.

I want to write, act, and direct!

It's not just about acting. I love film, I'm a director now, I love writing, I love producing, I love having a company that makes films and to be prolific and have a place to put all the ideas that are constantly bubbling up inside of me and that don't let me sleep at night.

I loved movies, but I can't remember ever really wanting to be an actress, and I certainly didn't imagine ever being in a movie. I think I wanted to be a writer.

I've been directing more and more the last few years, I find it an enjoyable challenge.

Directing is something I've sort of always felt like I'd like to do at one point, and I thought the best way to start it is to write something myself or with someone and I'd go from there. My own material.

I love writing. I think writing and directing go hand in hand.

I do other sorts of things. I act in other people's movies. I direct operas. I write books.

To make personal movies that you are the author of, is quite a difficult thing. It takes a lot of stamina.

I certainly was an actor and then I drifted more towards writing and directing.

I think everyone's intentions are to become a performer at first. But by the time I was in high school and college, I discovered that I liked writing and that I was probably a little better at it.

I'm working on a few different films and I'm just searching for the right new story to tell. As a director, you just have to kind of like just get through the first project before starting on the next one.

I always loved the creative process, from 'Shakespeare in Love' to 'Finding Neverland' to 'Basquiat'; whether it's serious, or it's comedic, whether it's the 'inside look' at that, it seems to be a theme of what I do.

I started as a writer; I started writing when I was little. The acting and directing was an outgrowth of my desire to tell stories.

As long as I'm creating, I am happy... whether directing, producing, writing, acting.

The things I want to focus on are music, writing, directing, and developing stuff.

For me, writing is a part of directing. It's the first stage of directing.

I was never interested in acting on film or in television, but I was always more inclined to writing and directing, and the exploration of character.

Acting is probably what I'm best at, but there are certain stories kind of rattling around in my head that I like the idea of developing over time.

I definitely want to direct and write - all of it.