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.
BO BURNHAMBitches and hoes don’t exist because the hoes know Bo’s a feminist.
More Bo Burnham Quotes
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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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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.
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Is there anything better than pussy? Yeah, a really good book.
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Laughter is the best medicine, y’know, besides medicine.
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I’d really love to make something that doesn’t involve my stupid face.
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Bitches and hoes don’t exist because the hoes know Bo’s a feminist.
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I just try to do things on stage that I think the audience would enjoy. And I try to draw on and add to acts that I’ve enjoyed watching.
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Women are like fingers and toes because they’re easy to count on.
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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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Postmodern comedy doesn’t work well with very old audiences, because it’s making fun of the comedy they enjoy.
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I think comedy has a range, with multiple peaks in different areas. It’s like trying to compare Beethoven and the Beatles. Sometimes I hear from people, ‘I think you try too hard in your comedy.’ And that’s what I worry about.
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Happy Thanksgiving! I broke into Best Buy and stole a copy of Pocahontas to celebrate.
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We’re having a traditional Thanksgiving – turkey, mashed potatoes, hat buckles, smallpox, genocide, a blue corn moon, etc.
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Comedy is the one absolutely self-aware art form. Actually, hip-hop’s another one, I suppose. Because in your songs you’re talking about how good a hip-hop artist you are. It’s like a painter painting a panting of himself painting a painting.
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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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