All Michael Arndt Quotes
- Adversity challenges the masks we hide behind, revealing sides of ourselves we have not yet comfortably with the world outside. It is why we dislike… Adversity
- All thought is created, therefore we are all creators of whatever world we live in. All
- 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. Changing
- Every problem offers an opportunity for a solution. if you are in the right frame of mind to find it. Every Problem
- Failure can only exist from stagnant perceptions. Everything is a process of learning and if you learn something useful, you have success. Exist
- If you only know something one way, then you don't really know it. Improvement
- Line up your thoughts up for potential, take action and success will follow. Action
- The fluidity of thought is based on the flexibility of beliefs and the emotional boundaries surrounding them. Based
- The way you think either stands in your way or assists you in achieving your goals. Achieve
- We have the freedom to excel or inhibit our potential. You are the grand designer of your thoughts and emotions. At some level or another… Accept
- Who you think you are is only a thought. Improvement
- I had read enough mediocre scripts and was determined not to inflict another one on the world. Another One
- I figured Iād probably write 50 scripts in my life. Out of those 50, I figured maybe five would be produced, and that maybe one… All
- My thing is that most scripts arent bad scripts, theyre just not finished yet. Arent
- Good writing is deceptive in that it hides its own artifice - it makes it seem easy. Artifice
- A good story is a good story, whatever the medium. Good
- One of my favorite films is LATE SPRING by Yasujiro Ozu. To me, it represents film as art. Art
- My God, there are so many mediocre screenplays out there. God
- The best writing really does come from the deepest, most private part of you. Best
- Working at Pixar has been like my graduate school for screenwriting. Been
- Writing a great script - not just a good one, but a great one - is almost an impossible task. Good
- 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… Around Talking
- You never want your second act or the whole movie to just be this relentless march towards its goal. You want things to take the… Act
- The great thing about the animation process is that is goes from, I write the lines, it goes to the actors, the actors bring a… Actor
- 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… Action