Bo Burnham Quotes

"I would say don't take advice from people like me who have gotten very lucky. We're very biased. You know, like Taylor Swift telling you to follow your dreams is like a lottery winner telling you, 'Liquidize your assets; buy Powerball tickets - it works!'"

"You got to take a deep breath and give up. The system is rigged against you."

"I like to joke about being gay because it's something teenagers would never joke about."

"My success, literally, is your success figuratively."

"I'm grateful for every stupid mistake and dumb joke I tried to make."

"Uncharted territory is a good place to be in."

"I love Tim Minchin, Bill Bailey, and Hans Teeuwen, and I'm trying to synthesise elements of theatre into my show a little bit more."

"I fully embrace myself as a hypocrite."

"Being famous is complete luck, and that's something you can't bank on."

"I don't want you to think I'm better than people or that I know better than people."

"I don't want to put meaning on what I do because I don't know what it is."

"Once a week, I like to slip into a deep existential depression where I lose all my sense of oneness and self-worth."

"There's tons of dudes - like David O'Doherty, Tim Key, and Alex Horne - I made a lot of friends with people who are really incredible comics."

"The average person has one Fallopian tube."

"There's a certain line between jokes and music and poetry that's a bit blurred in my mind."

"Don't worry, I'm hilarious."

"I've found nothing but support and generosity from older comics. I think comedians are a lot nicer than the stigma is, at least from my experience."

"The unlimited amount of information that I have access to has also given me an unlimited threshold for how I need to be stimulated."

"'Words, Words, Words' was very much its title. It's just words, words, words and trying to show that I can pack as much material into an hour as I possibly could word count-wise."

"Please don't stick with me if I start sucking."

"The Internet is so crazy, and you're exposed to so many things. In an hour, you can really jump around."

"I like to call everyone that I find slightly annoying a 'sociopath.'"

"I think because of the Internet I was able to study comedy from quite a young age and watch a lot of comedy."

"Everyone in my family is very supportive, and any mention of family in my show is just, in my idea, the funniest version of the family of the guy of who's performing."

"I'm very left-brain."

"I try and write satire that's well-intentioned. But those intentions have to be hidden. It can't be completely clear, and that's what makes it comedy."

"I write about what I know: teenage dating, overly charged sexuality, all the things that make you uncomfortable."

"The problem for us, as viewers, is that we want famous people who are passionate about the things they're famous for, because that makes them worthy of the attention. But I think many of those famous people just want to be famous."

"I really like The Beatles."

"I have a show on MTV called 'Zach Stone Is Gonna Be Famous.' I think that's a secret to a vast majority of America."