Do unto others as you would have them do to you, said the rapist.
BO BURNHAMEven if he is your friend, never, ever call an Asian person.
More Bo Burnham Quotes
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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.
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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.
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There’s a certain line between jokes and music and poetry that’s a bit blurred in my mind.
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I’m actually very open to having a conversation about what I should or shouldn’t say.
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Twitter is a lot like crystal meth, because it’s really fun to do and Oprah’s on it.
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I actually wrestled in high school. I was only in one match, and I lost… my virginity.
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I’m not a grown up until everybody realises I’m a grown up. When everyone remembers me as the dirty kid singing little songs I am the dirty little kid.
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Even if he is your friend, never, ever call an Asian person.
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When life gets you down, make a comforter!
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My work is trying to at least define myself on my own terms, and then if other people enjoy things that’s a lovely addition.
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It’s not most important to communicate myself on stage as it is to be as funny or interesting as I possibly can on stage.
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For some comedians it feels so cool to be like: ‘I’ll say anything, man!’. I’m not quite there yet.
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I don’t like calling myself a “feminist” only because I don’t think I’ve done anything active enough to call myself one. It’d be like calling myself a civil rights activist just because I’m not racist.
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Is there anything better than pussy? Yeah, a really good book.
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When things [writing] are over, I always think, ‘well, I’m never going to do anything again because I have no ideas so I’m going to go be a farmer’. Or else ideas will come and and if not then I become a farmer. Hopefully won’t happen.
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I’m interested in taboos for certain reasons. They can dramatise things and they’re scary, and they’re important to think about.
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Poverty. Racism. Isn’t it strange, only the homeless are begging for change?
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The biggest danger, for me, with making yourself your act is that a lot of people with think they know you for better or worse. That’s an ongoing struggle with me and it can get really trippy sometimes.
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I like to inject a bit of production value and flair to comedy, or at least to my little corner of comedy.
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I saw a giraffe with a short neck That was sad Or a deer
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Bitches and hoes don’t exist because the hoes know Bo’s a feminist.
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All you god damn dirty Catholics can cath-o-lick my balls.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Poetic talent is really easy to fake when thy sentences doth no f-king sense make.
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