Tim Burton Quotes About Books

Quotes about: Books

• There was one moment, and it happened in school. I had a big final exam - we were supposed to write a 20-page report on this book about Houdini. I probably would have loved reading it, but I didn't, so I just decided to make a little super-8 movie based on it. I tied myself to the railroad tracks and all that. I mean, this is kid stuff, but it impressed the teacher, and I got an A. And that was maybe my first turning point, when I said, 'Yeah, I wouldn't mind being a filmmaker.'

  Tim Burton

  Teacher, Reading, Book

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

• Even if you're doing something that the studio sends you, or something that's based on a book or story, at the end of it all, you try to make whatever it is your own. This is based on my love of horror movies. Everything is based on something, in some way.

  Tim Burton

  Book, Trying, Stories

  "Tim Burton Talks FRANKENWEENIE, BEETLEJUICE 2, BIG EYES and a PINOCCHIO Film with Robert Downey Jr". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. May 9, 2012.

• I wasn't a big comic book reader. I always had trouble knowing which box to read next. I was always reading from the wrong box. I was like, this is a comic book that doesn't make any sense! I think I was reading them all out of sequence.

  Tim Burton

  Book, Reading, Thinking

  Source: www.chud.com

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

  Tim Burton

  Book, Comic, Know Me

• Anybody who knows me knows I would never read a comic book. And I certainly would never read anything written by Kevin Smith.

  Tim Burton

  Book, Kevin, Comic

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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