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

Tim Burton

I guess I feel so tortured most of the time, when I see someone else feeling tortured, I get a little perverse glee out of it.

Tim Burton

I am the shadow on the moon at night/Filling your dreams to the brim with fright.

Tim Burton

If I'd said, 'I'm going to be a director,' it probably wouldn't have happened.

Tim Burton

I was never interested in what everybody else was interested in. I was very interiorized. I always felt kind of sad.

Tim Burton

Anybody with artistic ambitions is always trying to reconnect with the way they saw things as a child.

Tim Burton

Anybody who knows me knows I would never read a comic book.

Tim Burton

I always liked strange characters.

Tim Burton

The Boy with Nails in His Eyes put up his aluminum tree. It looked pretty strange because he couldn't really see.

Tim Burton

You're entirely bonkers. But I'll tell you a secret. All the best people are.

Tim Burton

Drawing is exercise for a restless imagination.

Tim Burton

Movies are like an expensive form of therapy for me.

Tim Burton