I'm overwhelmed by writers. Most people aren't impressed by writers, but if you can draw a cartoon or a picture, they think… — Terry Gilliam Copy Share Image
I like being a patron of things, I like patronizing things. And if it's not going to be people, I'll patronize a… — Terry Gilliam Copy Share Image
There's something about living in the country that I think makes you inventive, because nature is full of miracles and wonder and… — Terry Gilliam Copy Share Image
If you really want your films to say something that you hope is unique, then patience and stamina, thick skin and a… — Terry Gilliam Copy Share Image
I'm a cartoonist, it's what I am at heart, so cartoons take reality and deform it and make it grotesque, you make… — Terry Gilliam Copy Share Image
It's the shock of the world if you allow yourself to disconnect from the world and forget it's out there, how noisy… — Terry Gilliam Copy Share Image
I do want to say things in these films. I want audiences to come out with shards stuck in them. I don't… — Terry Gilliam Copy Share Image
[Steven Spielberg's films] are comforting, they always give you answers and I don't think they're very clever answers. The success of most… — Terry Gilliam Copy Share Image
Everybody gets excited about technology, but it doesn't interest me in the least. I'm only interested in it if it makes my… — Terry Gilliam Copy Share Image
Reality and fantasy, we need both of those to survive. If we don't have fantasy, dreams and all of those things, what's… — Terry Gilliam Copy Share Image
The English are such a frightened, nervous, insecure group of people - they no longer rule the world! — Terry Gilliam Copy Share Image
Well, I really want to encourage a kind of fantasy, a kind of magic. I love the term magic realism, whoever invented it –… — Terry Gilliam Copy Share Image
I was doing political cartoons and getting angry to the point where I felt I was going to have to start making and throwing… — Terry Gilliam Copy Share Image
I'm trying to escape by forming my own kind of world. Basically, I'm trying to encourage others to do the same. — Terry Gilliam Copy Share Image
I was getting frustrated with America. It's interesting how as simple a thing as, like, letting your hair grow longer changed in the world… — Terry Gilliam Copy Share Image
I'm overwhelmed by writers. Most people aren't impressed by writers, but if you can draw a cartoon or a picture, they think you're magic. — Terry Gilliam Copy Share Image
Nobody went to see Tideland! I was hoping people would get angry about it but those that saw it didn't want to talk about… — Terry Gilliam Copy Share Image
Fantasy isn't just a jolly escape: It's an escape, but into something far more extreme than reality, or normality. It's where things are more… — Terry Gilliam Copy Share Image
It's hard for me to worry about the studios losing money. I'm not very sympathetic to their money problems, because they certainly haven't been… — Terry Gilliam Copy Share Image
When it came to slaughtering sacred cows with such crude yet perfect musical precision, there was no one better than Frank. I wonder what… — Terry Gilliam Copy Share Image