Taylor Tomlinson

“I am generally writing about things happening in my own life, in what I hope is a very relatable way.”

“I thought I was going to be comedy 'Tiger King.'”

“I think once I found stand-up, it was like, 'Oh... this is so much better than acting! I get to perform but I get to do whatever I want. I don't have to say anything I don't want to say. There's nobody here to let down or be let down by. It's all on me up here.'”

“Nobody is truly for everyone and now you don't have to be.”

“Being bipolar is like not knowing how to swim. It might be embarrassing to tell people, and it might be hard to take you certain places. But they have arm floaties. And if you just take your arm floaties, you can go wherever the hell you want.”

“I started doing stand-up at 16 and I didn't have the life experience to talk about politics or social issues.”

“There are certain things that I wrote jokes about that didn't make various specials because I was like, you know what? I don't want to actually put this out there. Or I processed it fully and realized I felt a different way about it.”

“If I can write a joke about something that happened that was awful, it's like OK that happened and I have this money.”

“The Internet has made it so much easier to find your specific audience.”

“My dad's really funny.”

“I'm a pretty personal comedian.”

“I took a class from a church comedian and I was squeaky-clean for five, six years of my career starting in churches, corporates and schools. That was a way to perform in front of a lot of people, more than open mics, which of course I had no business doing.”

“After a semester, I left Cal Poly to attend a local community college - Palomar in San Marcos. It was the best move. I worked, saved money and eventually transferred to a different state school. In all, I went to college for three years.”

“I'm such a loser.”

“God, I love TikTok.”

“I missed that bubble of invincibility that a lot of young people have, particularly in college. When people look back and they go, Oh, man, I took so many risks. I was so, so dumb. I almost died three times, I don't have any of those stories because I'm waking up every day like, Is today the day? Is today the day?”

“I hope if I'm going to do a dirty joke, it's at least clever and not cheap.”

“You do want people to say you're wise beyond your years and you know what you're doing. That's the age-equivalent of 'I'm not like other girls.' I'm not, I'm different.”

“I liked writing, I liked performing, but I couldn't sing or dance.”

“Life, for better and worse, does not go the way you might have envisioned when you were 16. And I would not change anything about my life.”