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I do a lot of things intuitively. I'm not often consciously aware of what I'm doing. It's like in a dream: There's something going on that's powerful but you don't know exactly why.
Charlie Kaufman
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Charlie Kaufman
Age: 65
Born: 1958
Born: November 1
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