With the Batman films, Beetlejuice, Edward Scissorhands and The Nightmare Before Christmas, Tim Burton established himself as one of the great visionaries of cinema. He continues to fabricate his own utterly distinctive cinematic universe, one that teems with fantastic figures like the gleefully malevolent aliens of Mars Attacks! and the implacable Headless Horseman in Sleepy Hollow.In this enlightening and fascinating book of interviews, Burton talks about his Burbank childhood, his experiences at Disney, the recurrent themes of his work and the ways in which his films are fuelled by emotion, symbolism and - sometimes - inner torment. The book is studded with Burton's own drawings and sketches of the characters who populate his imaginative world.