I knew that Weird Girl was going to be kind of amazing. The secret truth of Weird Girl is that I put her in there originally because I needed some way to set the boys' names. — John August Copy Share Image
One of those strange things that happens in movies is that you need someone to actually say people's names, or else you have no idea who those kids are. This was a way for her to introduce who the important… — 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)
