Working at Pixar has been like my graduate school for screenwriting. Download Download Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Rotate quotes graduate pixar school
Good writing is deceptive in that it hides its own artifice - it makes it seem easy. Michael Arndt artificedeceptiveeasy Change image and share on social
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. Michael Arndt bunchcharacterend Change image and share on social
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. Michael Arndt beginburstconfidence Change image and share on social
I went to graduate school with zero expectation. I kind of backed into it. I wanted to go back to school because I felt gaps in my literary background. I studied mostly twentieth-century English literature in college, so I thought, 'Maybe I'll go back for my writing.' Susan Minot backbackgroundcentury share on social
I do read a lot, and I think in recent years the ratio between the amount of non-fiction and fiction has tipped quite considerably. I did read fiction as a teenager as well, mostly because I was forced to read fiction, of course, to go through high school. Daniel Tammet amountconsiderablyfiction share on social
I would say that what we called the Pixar sensibility goes back even further. It is kind of a CalArts sensibility because so many of the people who are creative instrumental people at Pixar came from that school. Rich Moore backcalartscall share on social
