You're looking, moment by moment and scene by scene, how you can tell the most interesting story. So, we had this great short and we knew that we had a story about a boy and his dog. Because we had… — John August Copy Share Image
Like Frankenweenie is a story about a boy and his dog, Big Fish is the story of a father and his son, and all those conversations you can't have. It's universal, in a way that can go from one medium… — John August Copy Share Image
Most times a person grows up gradually, but I found myself in a hurry... Hoping to find an answer, I uncovered an article about… — John August Copy Share Image
I knew that Weird Girl was going to be kind of amazing. The secret truth of Weird Girl is that I put her in… — John August Copy Share Image
Every once in awhile, Allison Abbate would drop a note and say, "It's going really well!," and I was like, "Great!" So, I had… — John August Copy Share Image
You know something has really stuck in Tim's head when he's drawn what the character looks like. Weird Girl and Elsa actually switched places,… — John August Copy Share Image
Preacher is a great frustration because I thought it was done, and then it got put in the press notes for the [Frankenweenie] junket… — John August Copy Share Image
For Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, he came to me and said, "I want to do everything that's in the book, and as much… — John August Copy Share Image
I often say that a lot of my job, as a screenwriter, is sort of being a stock picker, in that I need to… — John August Copy Share Image
I counted it up once. I think I have written 45 full screenplays. Of those, maybe 15 have been shot, in some form. That's… — John August Copy Share Image
I convinced Tim to add one song, and then we added five. We changed a lot of things while we were shooting, which you… — John August Copy Share Image
Now, it's common knowledge that most towns of a certain size have a witch, if only to eat misbehaving children and the occasional puppy… — John August Copy Share Image
Frankenweenie is also about mortality, but at a very different stage. It's losing a parent versus losing a dog. I don't run away from… — John August Copy Share Image
Josh [Friedman] and I have been friends for years, and he said, "Hey, if you ever want to do a TV show, I can… — John August Copy Share Image
I knew that this was the movie in which a lot of the cinema version of Burton-esque first started. So, I knew that there… — John August Copy Share Image
With Corpse Bride, I saw a lot more of it during the process because we were changing things a lot. When I came onto… — John August Copy Share Image
I've always written towards movies that take place across two worlds. Most of the movies that I've worked on take place in two worlds,… — John August Copy Share Image
![“Preacher is a great frustration because I thought it was done, and then it got put in the press notes for the [Frankenweenie] junket and everyone started asking about it again. Preacher could be filmed, at any point. It's sort of ready to go, but it's lacking a green light. At some point, that…” quote by John August](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/03d/john-august-24608_asking_preacher-is-a-great-frustration-because_489394.jpg)
![“Josh [Friedman] and I have been friends for years, and he said, "Hey, if you ever want to do a TV show, I can take it over and run it," and I was like, "Yes!" He's always been so busy that I never dared to ask that, but it just worked out, time wise, that this was the season where we could…” quote by John August](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/294/john-august-24608_asks_josh-friedman-and-i-have-been-friends-fo_1478978.jpg)
