{"author":"Tim Burton","author_id":"Tim+Burton","total_quotes":34,"quotes":[{"text":"I did some sports. It was a bit frustrating. I wasn't the greatest sports person.","author":"Tim Burton","tags":["greatest","person","did "],"id":1526,"author_id":"Tim+Burton"},{"text":"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.","author":"Tim Burton","tags":["father","three","saying "],"id":3623,"author_id":"Tim+Burton"},{"text":"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.","author":"Tim Burton","tags":["work","nature","simplicity "],"id":7346,"author_id":"Tim+Burton"},{"text":"I am not a big technology person. I don't go on the Internet really much at all. Drawing is like a zen thing; it's private, which in this day and age is harder to come by.","author":"Tim Burton","tags":["technology","day","i am "],"id":45505,"author_id":"Tim+Burton"},{"text":"Stain BoyOf all the super heroes,the strangest one by far,doesn't have a special power,or drive a fancy car.Next to Superman and batman, I guess he must seem tame.But to me he is quite special,and Stain Boy is his name.He can't fly around tall buildings,or outrun a speeding train,the only talent he seems to haveis to leave a nasty stain.Sometimes I know it bothers him,that he can't run or swim or fly,and because of this one ability,his dry cleaning bill is sky-high.","author":"Tim Burton","tags":["poetry"],"id":71149,"author_id":"Tim+Burton"},{"text":"Maybe it’s just in America, but it seems that if you’re passionate about something, it freaks people out. You’re considered bizarre or eccentric. To me, it just means you know who you are.","author":"Tim Burton","tags":["burton","creativity","inspirational","passion","passionate","tim-burton"],"id":79192,"author_id":"Tim+Burton"},{"text":"When people are deprived of a sense, their other senses get heightened. If you're culturally devoid of something - of weather, of artistry, of interesting architecture, all the way down the line to culture itself - you're either forced to give in and get that car dealership, or you manufacture those things for yourself.","author":"Tim Burton","tags":["car","culture","yourself "],"id":86773,"author_id":"Tim+Burton"},{"text":"There's something quite exciting when you have a history with somebody and you see them do new and different things.","author":"Tim Burton","tags":["you","new","see "],"id":89073,"author_id":"Tim+Burton"},{"text":"The Girl With Many EyesOne day in the parkI had quite a surprise.I met a girlwho had many eyes.She was really quite pretty(and also quite shocking!)and I noticed she had a mouth,so we ended up talking.We talked about flowers,and her poetry classes,and the problems she'd haveif she ever wore glasses.It's great to know a girlwho has so many eyes,but you really get wetwhen she breaks down and cries.","author":"Tim Burton","tags":["eyes","poetry"],"id":93776,"author_id":"Tim+Burton"},{"text":"Staring GirlI once knew a girlwho would just stand there and stare.At anyone or anything,she seemed not to careShe'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 eyesa well-deserved rest.","author":"Tim Burton","tags":["poetry"],"id":131194,"author_id":"Tim+Burton"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":34,"pages":4,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}