35 Quotes by Michael Arndt

The best writing really does come from the deepest, most private part of you.

Working at Pixar has been like my graduate school for screenwriting.

Writing a great script - not just a good one, but a great one - is almost an impossible task.

If you write a bunch of different characters with a bunch of different opinions, you end up with these long scenes of everyone standing around talking.

Every problem offers an opportunity for a solution. if you are in the right frame of mind to find it.

Changing how you think costs you no money and it takes no special talent. It does take a commitment on your part to be different.

I can write two scripts concurrently, but I usually prefer to do one at a time. However, I also usually have 5 or 6 story ideas that are percolating in my head at any one time, so it can get a little crowded in there.

All thought is created, therefore we are all creators of whatever world we live in.

In live-action, writing, production, and editing happen in discrete stages. In animation, they overlap - happening simultaneously. This allows a real dialogue to occur between the writer, the director, the actors, and the editor, and it makes the writing process a lot more collaborative and a lot less lonely.