If you're here for a hard hitting story, keep scrolling. Otherwise, here's something pretty cute:

Redditor 90s-Kid has a story about Charlie doodling on a restaurant menu.

When Synecdoche, New York came out, I was working at an Italian restaurant in Santa Barbara back in 2009 to pay for college. Charlie Kaufman and his family came in to eat. [...] Anyway, I got to wait on his table, being as respectful as possible. I watched as he was illustrating on the back of our menu and couldn’t wait to see what he was drawing purely from his brain with no filter. [...] He was very nice and we spoke for a bit on when I’d start and then he left. I noticed he left the drawing, so I grabbed it and ran after him to sign it. He laughed and said, “you want this??” “Hell ya!” He signed it and waved with a smile. Charlie Kaufman has done so much for my life without knowing. Thank you Charlie Kaufman. (Source)

Full story at the link.