Charlie Kaufman in conversation with Jane Smiley at Live Talks Los Angeles
Charlie Kaufman discusses his debut novel 'Ant Kind,' contrasting the solitary, unrestricted nature of writing with the collaborative, time-bound constraints of filmmaking.summaryHe reveals that his creative process relies on intuition and 'gestation' rather than outlining, and that he uses the pressure of film production schedules to overcome perfectionism in his writing.summaryKaufman's novel 'Ant Kind' features a third-rate film critic who attempts to write about a masterpiece by an outsider filmmaker that burns up, forcing the narrator to reconstruct the film from memory.takeaway














