Bo Burnham
Basically, I don't like to tweet stuff about my life. I only like to tweet jokes.
I always think of myself as a comedy feeder type person, and that feeder lets themselves get out of your comfort zone as opposed to straight stand up; that feels like honing one skill, like honing one point of view.
I enjoy stand up so much because I take time off, and then I'll be excited to go back to it.
The strength of comedy is I don't have to answer to anybody, but sometimes you want to learn from other people and see your ideas strengthen by other people.
I just have a problem with youth culture.
I didn't want to bash young people. I don't want to bash a kid for dreaming or wanting something or being slightly ambitious - that's not the problem. The actual problem is with the culture surrounding him.
With 'Words, Words, Words,' that show was me experimenting with something, and then there was a clear direction for me.
Since I got an audience before I even had a comic voice, my material that really wasn't worthy of an audience somehow got it, slightly unfairly.
I don't really care about capitalizing on momentum.
I'd much rather wait till my material is up to par, in my opinion, than rush it just so I can stay in the limelight a little longer.
A lot of my fans are really young and seem slightly unsure and nervous about things. Hopefully for young people watching my show, it comes away that I'm pretty weird up there.
I'm clearly doing what I want. I hope kids can see my act and feel like they can be slightly more comfortable in their own skin because I'm being so ridiculously comfortable in mine. I'm not that comfortable in my skin the moment I walk offstage. But I try to project that while I'm on it.
I was being called a shock comic. I hated that. It's so cheap and stupid.
If a comic is himself, there'll be things he can't do - because he has to adhere to that persona.
People look at me and go, 'He's only successful because he's got a bunch of 16-year-old girls at his back who don't understand comedy.' Well, they do. In any case, no one hates me more than I do; no one's more self-conscious about that than I am.
I'm left-brained, so I'm all about a mathematical approach to language. I've always been interested in that.
Meta-comedy is everywhere and always seems so cold and to me is really kinda snarky.
I've kind of stopped valuing laughter as the end-all measurement of what I'm doing.
It's all about surprising people, and you're not surprising people if you're making them laugh every five seconds.
I'd love to write a song that someone else sings that can actually sing really well.
I like the idea of conceiving a show and putting on a show, and especially when I got to the place where I could play theaters.
Facebook became ubiquitous when I was 16, so I vaguely formed a sense of myself a little bit. I had kind of learned to think a little bit before the stuff was everywhere.
I don't want to monitor my audience too closely, as that can really drive you crazy.
I don't worship comedy; at the end of the day, I don't fall to the altar of comedy unquestioningly.
Quotes are for dumb people who can't think of something intelligent to say on their own.Collection: Funny
Laughter is the best medicine, y'know, besides medicine.Collection: Laughter
What's important is that you stay true to yourself. Because when you enter the real world, the most valuable thing you can bring is all your you-ness. The world doesn't need any more hot chicks or tough guys or smooth talkers - the world needs more you. And don't let anyone tell you otherwise.Collection: Real
I stopped and I thought, 'What would Jesus do?' So I didn't exist.Collection: Funny
I love you just the way you are but you don't see you like I do. You shouldn't try so hard to be perfect. Trust me, perfect should try to be you.Collection: Love You
If Jesus can walk on water, can he swim on land?Collection: Jesus
Squaring numbers are just like women. If they're under thirteen, just do them in your head.Collection: Numbers
Maybe life on earth could be heaven, doesn't just the thought of it make it worth a try?Collection: Heaven
What do you call a kid with no arms and an eyepatch? Names.Collection: Kids
No one entertains the thought that maybe God does not believe in you.Collection: Believe
If I had a dime for every time a homeless guy asked me for change, I'd still say no.Collection: Funny
All you god damn dirty Catholics can cath-o-lick my balls.Collection: Funny
Where are all the sour patch parents?Collection: Funny
Was Einstein's theory good? Relatively.Collection: Funny
How old is too old to stop believing in, like, the tooth fairy? Like 12? I've got a cousin who is 18... Yeah, still believes in gay marriage.Collection: Cousin
I don't need anything as long as I have my family, friends, millions of dollars, unlimited pussy.Collection: Long
I masturbate 'cause I'm the only one whose standards are low enough to f-k me.Collection: Causes
The classic comedian says there's nothing that's taboo; if you laugh at one thing you've got to laugh at everything, that comedy is taking people to dark areas and showing them the light.Collection: Dark
Poetic talent is really easy to fake when thy sentences doth no f-king sense make.Collection: Kings
Do unto others as you would have them do to you, said the rapist.Collection: Bible
I actually wrestled in high school. I was only in one match, and I lost... my virginity.Collection: Funny
We're having a traditional Thanksgiving - turkey, mashed potatoes, hat buckles, smallpox, genocide, a blue corn moon, etc.Collection: Moon
In the distance, Bo saw a fairy. A fairy so beautiful that he felt proud of being called one in highschool.Collection: Funny
I'm happy with what I'm doing. I try not to focus on how I've changed. I just try to focus on what I'm doing now.Collection: Focus