Bo Burnham

“My success, literally, is your success figuratively.”

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

“I don't try to call myself a poet. But I know that my stuff is pretty literal, in that the themes are pretty simple and on the surface.”

“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.”

“Uncharted territory is a good place to be in.”

“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've kind of stopped valuing laughter as the end-all measurement of what I'm doing.”

“I really don't like to tweet or Instagram anything about the people in my life just because I feel like I signed up for this, and I don't even know what this is yet. I do know that it could go anywhere, and I really don't want to sign other people in my life up for it without their permission or consent.”

“I put a chameleon on a red dildo... He blushed”

“I remember being superyoung, like nine or ten years old, and thinking, 'Man, I wonder what famous people eat for breakfast. They must have some special kind of cereal!' My mind was so warped by the idea of fame.”

“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 bored way too easily. I'm staring at screens half the day. I need to be overstimulated. And how will that express itself artistically?”

“I don't really care about capitalizing on momentum.”

“The U.K. and Europe in general seem to be a lot more patient. The U.S. are expecting 'joke joke joke joke joke joke joke.' They don't actually sit and listen to you.”

“At one point when I was very young, when I was first starting out, I thought, 'Well, one day I'll be able to put all the music away and become a real comedian.' But then I realized there are amazing musical comedians out there, that musical comedy is probably something I'll always want to pursue.”

“Meta-comedy is everywhere and always seems so cold and to me is really kinda snarky.”

“I chose to do comedy instead of going to college.”

“I always wanted to be a comedian and actor.”

“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 was being called a shock comic. I hated that. It's so cheap and stupid.”