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The way I write is very much without kind of a goal. I have something I'm interested in and then I decide I'm going to explore it. I don't know where the characters are going to go, I don't know what the movie is going to do or what the screenplay is going to do. For me, that's the way to keep it alive. ↗

— Charlie Kaufman

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I don't think screenwriting is therapeutic. It's actually really, really hard for me. It's not an enjoyable process. ↗

— Charlie Kaufman

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I have ideas written down some places, but usually I can't find them. I'm not very organized. ↗

— Charlie Kaufman

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When I'm writing, I'm trying to immerse myself in the chaos of an emotional experience, rather than separate myself from it and look back at it from a distance with clarity and tell it as a story. Because that's how life is lived, you know? ↗

— Charlie Kaufman

#because #chaos #clarity #distance #emotional

Writing is a dog's life, but the only life worth living. ↗

— Gustave Flaubert

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I read, therefore I'm interested in writers. ↗

— Philip Kaufman

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One danger, when you're writing lots of quick, opinionated blog items about the latest developments, is that you never get around to stating fully, in one place, what you think about a particular topic. ↗

— Mickey Kaus

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But I really do have a soft spot for the solo shows. Any musician who writes and sings will tell you that's the center of it, that is it. It's almost like there's something church-like about it and you gotta go back there, if you're a songwriter that sings your material. ↗

— Ben Folds

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And if you don't live, you have nothing to write about. ↗

— Maynard James Keenan

#live #nothing #write #you

I would run into the corner store, the bodega, and just grab a paper bag or buy juice - anything just to get a paper bag. And I'd write the words on the paper bag and stuff these ideas in my pocket until I got back. Then I would transfer them into the notebook. ↗

— Jay-Z

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