“And I Jack, the Pumpkin King, have grown so tired of the same old thing...”

“Mayor: How horrible our Christmas will be! Jack Skellington: *No.* [the Mayor switches to his upset face] Jack Skellington: How *jolly*! Mayor: Oh. How *jolly* our Christmas will be”

“When you don’t have many friends and you don’t have a social life you’re kind of left looking at things, not doing things. There’s a weird freedom in not having people treat you like you’re part of society or where you have to fulfill social relationships.”

“My diagnosis," he said"for better or worse,is that your son is the resultof an old pharaoh's curse.”

“People told me I couldn't kill Nicholson, so I cast him in two roles and killed him off twice.”

“Son, are you happy? I don't mean to pry,but do you dream of Heaven?Have you ever wanted to die?”

“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.”