Wow. This guy is amazing. Thanks for posting this.

Wow is right, so beautiful, the whole thing. Knew Charlie Kaufman was smart and wrote good stuff, no idea how entirely cool he is. Totally on our dinner list, might we get so lucky. Came across this speech right after friend IMed a Shel Silverstein illustration from 1963 that relates, "The Thinker of Tender Thoughts", here. While folks may crave creativity, ends up our reaction to genuine creativity is revulsion, more here, makes even more precious the folks who aspire to clear gaze and truth-telling in their stories.