"Writing is a journey into the unknown."

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Source : Charlie Kaufman (2001*). “Adaptation: Screenplay”

Charlie Kaufman

#Writing Quotes #Journey Quotes #Adaptation Quotes

“A wager?" I repeated. "Yes," he said, and gave me a slow smile, bright with challenge. ... "Stake?" I asked cautiously. He was still smiling, an odd sort of smile, hard to define. "A kiss." My first reaction was outrage, but then I remembered that I was on my way to Court, and that had to be the kind of thing they did at Court. And if I win I don't have to collect. I hesitated only a moment longer, lured by the thought of open sky, and speed, and winning. "Done," I said.”
“To criticize a person for their race is manifestly irrational and ridiculous, but to criticize their religion, that is a right. That is a freedom. The freedom to criticize ideas, any ideas - even if they are sincerely held beliefs - is one of the fundamental freedoms of society. A law which attempts to say you can criticize and ridicule ideas as long as they are not religious ideas is a very peculiar law indeed.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“Correcting bad habits cannot be done by forbidding or punishment.”
“Action will destroy your procrastination.”
“Father's Day is like Mother's Day except the gift is cheaper.”
“If virtue & knowledge are diffused among the people, they will never be enslav'd. This will be their great security.”
“I sense a learning: that much dumber people than you end up in charge.”

Source : DBC Pierre (2008). “Vernon God Little”, p.71, Faber & Faber
“Everyone says love hurts, but that is not true. Loneliness hurts. Rejection hurts. Losing someone hurts. Envy hurts. Everyone gets these things confused with love, but in reality love is the only thing in this world that covers up all pain and makes someone feel wonderful again. Love is the only thing in this world that does not hurt.”

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