Michael Arndt

If you only know something one way, then you don't really know it.

— Michael Arndt

I had read enough mediocre scripts and was determined not to inflict another one on the world.

— Michael Arndt

My thing is that most scripts arent bad scripts, theyre just not finished yet.

— Michael Arndt

I like to begin every screenplay with a burst of delusional self-confidence. It tends to fade pretty quickly, but (for me, at…

— Michael Arndt

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

— Michael Arndt

The fluidity of thought is based on the flexibility of beliefs and the emotional boundaries surrounding them.

— Michael Arndt

My God, there are so many mediocre screenplays out there.

— Michael Arndt

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

— Michael Arndt

The number one metaphor I have in my mind for writing a screenplay is that...you're trying to climb a mountain blindfolded. And…

— Michael Arndt

I can write two scripts concurrently, but I usually prefer to do one at a time. However, I also usually have 5…

— Michael Arndt

I figured I’d probably write 50 scripts in my life. Out of those 50, I figured maybe five would be produced, and…

— Michael Arndt

We have the freedom to excel or inhibit our potential. You are the grand designer of your thoughts and emotions. At some…

— Michael Arndt

If you write a bunch of different characters with a bunch of different opinions, you end up with these long scenes of…

— Michael Arndt

Adversity challenges the masks we hide behind, revealing sides of ourselves we have not yet comfortably with the world outside. It is…

— Michael Arndt

You never want your second act or the whole movie to just be this relentless march towards its goal. You want things…

— Michael Arndt

It drives me crazy when people say, "All we're trying to do is create entertainment." I feel like people go to movies…

— Michael Arndt

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

— Michael Arndt

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

— Michael Arndt

Good writing is deceptive in that it hides its own artifice - it makes it seem easy.

— Michael Arndt

The great thing about the animation process is that is goes from, I write the lines, it goes to the actors, the…

— Michael Arndt

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

— Michael Arndt

One of my favorite films is LATE SPRING by Yasujiro Ozu. To me, it represents film as art.

— Michael Arndt

A good story is a good story, whatever the medium.

— Michael Arndt

In terms of writing characters or stories, at least initially, there's no difference between live-action and animation. A good story is a…

— Michael Arndt

Failure can only exist from stagnant perceptions. Everything is a process of learning and if you learn something useful, you have success.

— Michael Arndt