Michael Arndt
Michael Arndt
Michael Arndt is an American screenwriter. He is best known as the writer of the films Little Miss Sunshine, Toy Story 3and Star Wars: The Force Awakens...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionScreenwriter
Date of Birth22 November 1970
CountryUnited States of America
stories mediums good-story
A good story is a good story, whatever the medium.
writing easy deceptive
Good writing is deceptive in that it hides its own artifice - it makes it seem easy.
emotional self-improvement fluidity
The fluidity of thought is based on the flexibility of beliefs and the emotional boundaries surrounding them.
self-improvement lines action
Line up your thoughts up for potential, take action and success will follow.
self-improvement way knows
If you only know something one way, then you don't really know it.
perception self-improvement process
Failure can only exist from stagnant perceptions. Everything is a process of learning and if you learn something useful, you have success.
mediocre screenplays
My God, there are so many mediocre screenplays out there.
writing doe private-parts
The best writing really does come from the deepest, most private part of you.
writing tasks scripts
Writing a great script - not just a good one, but a great one - is almost an impossible task.
commitment thinking self-improvement
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.
writing ideas two
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.
self-improvement world improvement
All thought is created, therefore we are all creators of whatever world we live in.
lonely real writing
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.
writing self-confidence way
I like to begin every screenplay with a burst of delusional self-confidence. It tends to fade pretty quickly, but (for me, at least) there doesn't seem to be any other way to start writing a script.