Tim Burton

I'm a huge Tim Burton Fan. I know when a movie comes out that he either produced, wrote, help wrote, or directed it's going to be good so I thought I would post some of his quotes..


“Movies are like an expensive form of therapy for me.”

Tim Burton


“I've always been more comfortable making my decisions from the subconscious level, or more emotionally, because I find it is more truthful to me, Intellectually, I don't think like that because I get uncomfortable. I'm more wary of my intellectual mind, of becoming delusional if I think of it too much.”

Tim Burton


“We all know interspecies romance is weird.”

Tim Burton


“People told me I couldn't kill Nicholson, so I cast him in two roles and killed him off twice.”

Tim Burton

“You don't know whether chimps are going to kill you or kiss you. They're very open on some levels and much more evil in a certain way.”


Tim Burton


“Jack Nicholson is a textbook actor who's very intuitive. He is absolutely brilliant at going as far as you can go, always pushing to the edge, but still making it seem real.”

Tim Burton

“One person's crazyness is another person's reality.”


Tim Burton

"People might say 'oh its too dark and scary' for children but you could say that about 'Nightmare before Christmas' also. People say their dog even liked watching 'Nightmare Before Christmas'. So this is for animals, children, whoever.”

Tim Burton


“Everything in this room is edible. Even I'm edible. But, that would be called canibalism. It is looked down upon in most societies.”
― Tim Burton, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory


“I am the shadow on the moon at night/Filling your dreams to the brim with fright.”
― Tim Burton


“But she knows she has a curse on her,
a curse she cannot win.
For if someone gets too close to her,

the pins stick further in.”
― Tim Burton

“Son, are you happy?
I don't mean to pry,
but do you dream of Heaven?
Have you ever wanted to die?”
― Tim Burton, The Melancholy Death of Oyster Boy and Other Stories

“Half the fun is plan to plan”
― Tim Burton

“Staring Girl
I once knew a girl
who would just stand there and stare.
At anyone or anything,
she seemed not to care

She'd stare at the ground,
She'd stare at the sky.
She'd stare at you for hours,
and you'd never know why.
But after winning the local staring contest,
she finally gave her eyes
a well-deserved rest.”
― Tim Burton


“One of the things that we were trying to do with this show was the complexities of relationships and love. There is both passion and longing and a bittersweet quality to it that is a part of life.'
--Tim Burton
Life Story Magazine”