Charlie Kaufman

I wanted to deal with someone's idea of their relationship.

Constantly talking isn't necessarily communicating.

I'm not into extreme sports or something. I just live a quiet life.

Government, in the last analysis, is organized opinion. Where there is little or no public opinion, there is likely to be bad government.

It took me realizing that a broken heart has never actually killed anyone to find the courage to ask for what I want, in just about every situation. That was part of my own growing up.

I just had an idea that went right over my head.