219 Quotes by Tim Burton

My diagnosis," he said "for better or worse, is that your son is the result of an old pharaoh's curse.

They took a baseball bat and whacked open his head. Mummy Boy fell to the ground; he finally was dead. Inside of his head were no candy or prizes, just a few stray beetles of various sizes.

It's great when you know somebody and they keep surprising you.

Don’t worry about how you ‘should’ draw it. Just draw it the way you see it.

Good morning starshine the earth says hello...

I’m a happy-go-lucky manic-depressive. It does get very deep and dark for me, and it gets scary at times when I feel I can’t pull out of it. But I don’t consider myself negative-negative. I’m positive-negative.

I’ve always been misrepresented. You know, I could dress in a clown costume and laugh with the happy people but they’d still say I’m a dark personality.

Certain things leave you in your life and certain things stay with you. And that’s why we’re all interested in movies- those ones that make you feel, you still think about. Because it gave you such an emotional response, it’s actually part of your emotional make-up, in a way.

It’s really nice to work with people who understand and really love the artistry of building sets, it’s great.