Quotes by Tim Burton

I did some sports. It was a bit frustrating. I wasnt the greatest sports person.

In Hollywood, they think drawn animation doesnt work anymore, computers are the way. They forget that the reason computers are the way is that Pixar makes good movies. So everybody tries to copy Pixar. Theyre relying too much on the technology and not enough on the artists.

Working on Nightmare Before Christmas, I had endless arguments, like the studio saying, You cant have a main character thats got no eyeballs! How is anybody going to feel for somebody with just eyesockets? You know? So, its those kind of things that really wear you down.

Ive found that the people who play villains are the nicest people in the world, and people who play heroes are jerks. Its like people who play villains work out all their problems on screen, and then theyre just really wonderful people.

When it comes to art and science, people dont like a lot of either. Instead of being open to it, theyre closed off about it.

I am not a big technology person. I dont go on the Internet really much at all. Drawing is like a zen thing; its private, which in this day and age is harder to come by.

When people are deprived of a sense, their other senses get heightened. If youre culturally devoid of something - of weather, of artistry, of interesting architecture, all the way down the line to culture itself - youre either forced to give in and get that car dealership, or you manufacture those things for yourself.

Its good as an artist to always remember to see things in a new, weird way.

Theres something quite exciting when you have a history with somebody and you see them do new and different things.

I find that the most special thing to me is if youve connected to people in some way: If someone comes up to you on the street and says something to you, and you know its meant something to them, and its connected to some project. That, I find, is amazing.

A lot of things you see as a child remain with you... you spend a lot of your life trying to recapture the experience.

When I was growing up, Dr. Seuss was really my favorite. There was something about the lyrical nature and the simplicity of his work that really hit me.

Movies are like an expensive form of therapy for me.

I never really got nightmares from movies. In fact, I recall my father saying when I was three years old that I would be scared, but I never was.

I think a lot of kids feel alone and slightly isolated and in their own world.

“We all know interspecies romance is weird.”