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Charlie Kaufman Quotes

I've kind of come to the conclusion that what passes for realism in movies has nothing to do with reality and that my stuff is more realistic than that.

Charlie Kaufman

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: writer
Nationality: american
Birth: November 19, 1958

Topics

Reality Movies Kind Nothing More

I'm a vegetarian, and I long for people to eat less meat, but the thing to do is not to go, 'Eat! Less! Meat!' It's to say, 'I am fit as a flea and I'm 63, I haven't eaten meat for 40 years, and I never get diseases, I'm never ill, and I'm full of energy. So how's about that?'

Joanna Lumley

I Am People Energy Long Go Say

I read everything. I'll read a John Grisham novel, I'll sit and read a whole book of poems by Maya Angelou, or I'll just read some Mary Oliver - this is a book that was given to me for Christmas. No particular genre. And I read in French, and I read in German, and I read in English. I love to see how other people use language.

Jessye Norman

Love People Me Book Language See

The idea that you would affect evolution is a very profound thing.

Jennifer Doudna

You Evolution Profound Affect Idea

The best companies with the strongest credit ratings borrow like the United States: on a non-prioritized basis. This means that in the event of a default, all of their debts are of equal priority because lenders and creditors believe default is highly unlikely. And they spend considerable effort maintaining this status.

John Delaney

Best Effort Believe Credit Equal

People are fed up with something when it becomes more and more popular.

Jean Paul Gaultier

People More Up Something Fed Up Fed

The attitude is we live and let live. This is actually an amazing change in values in a rather short time and it's an example of freedom from religion.

Tom Wolfe

Change Attitude Live Freedom Time

Chaperons don't enforce morality; they force immorality to be discreet.

Judith Martin

Morality Force Discreet Immorality

I wanted to be part of the Houston Astros when they become a good team. That was my motivation... I never had in my mind the idea of playing with any other teams.

Jose Altuve

Good Mind Team Motivation Become

The meanings of words and the uses of words come from practice from the way people in a given culture use those words.

Deborah Tannen

Culture Words Practice People Way

Part of any book is establishing the rules at the end of the world. My first book, 'The Intuitionist,' takes place in an alternative world where elevator inspectors are important, so you have to establish rules, and part of that is, How do people talk? How do they behave?

Colson Whitehead

People World Book End You Rules

After my head injury, I was, like, bipolar, an emotional wreck.

Brady Jandreau

Emotional Head Injury Like Bipolar

You can be barefoot and have worries.

Brigitte Bardot

You Barefoot Worries