Bo Burnham Quotes

I have more free time than a lot of individuals, so, instead of talking, I sometimes write.

I only ever really take out my guitar when I'm miserable, which isn't necessarily a very good time to do it.

I think comedy is more my instinct and more what I'm geared towards.

I know kids who say they have nothing to do and then go plop themselves down in front of the television to watch a movie or play Nintendo or Xbox. I think there is nothing better for killing creativity and imagination.

What art and books do at their best is investigate why we are the way we are.

I'm always in that mode - whenever I have a little free time, I'm always recording songs, writing, whatever I gotta do. It's like my job is my vacation.

It's a good time to be making movies, despite the cynicism people have about Hollywood.

I think I was so grateful, in the years after Sleater-Kinney broke up or went on hiatus or whatever you want to call it, to find 'Portlandia' and co-create 'Portlandia' with Fred Armisen, which allows for levity, allows for the same kind of kinetic energy, but channeled through absurdity and surrealism.

Cinema brings together people from all walks of life. It connects everybody. It's an art in motion.

Cultural activity is what makes us human.

As long as you have imagination, you never need to work. You never get bored. You could just walk around and go to museums and check out new movies. You could be busy in New York city for 10,000 years.

The first obligation I have is to be funny; it's my first impulse and an instinct. I like being funny and finding the jokes.

I find comedy to be one of the highest of the art forms.

Comedy's been really liberating for me because I've been able to sneak the singing part in through the back door.

Although human beings are incapable of talking about themselves with total honesty, it is much harder to avoid the truth while pretending to be other people. They often reveal much about themselves in a very straightforward way. I am certain that I did. There is nothing that says more about its creator than the work itself.

Coolidge is a better example of evolution than either Bryan or Darrow, for he knows when not to talk, which is the biggest asset the monkey possesses over the human.

What I took back, because of my exposure to the Jewish music of the 30s and the 40s in my upbringing with my father, was that kind of theatrical songwriting. It was always a part of my character. This desire to make people laugh...Songwriting is best. It's the hardest-finest-tightest. It also requires the most discipline.

The Jackass movies are honestly some of the best movies I've ever seen. I laugh so hard at them. Those guys are geniuses. If they had grown up with a different group of people, they could've been performance artists at Bard College, and people would be writing papers about them.

I love stand-up. I look at it as a way to always stay productive. I couldn't imagine only being an actor or a writer. Because what the hell do I do when I'm not working? Mope?

There is nothing wrong with having competitive instincts. They are survival instincts.

I got into comedy because I wanted to get into writing.

I now want to be a photographer of my time, and our common culture.

It's fun because I really do love meeting new people. Comedy can be so different from show to show and from writer to writer and actor to actor. People don't set out to make a bad show.

Writers themselves don't analyze what they do; to analyze would be to look down while crossing a canyon on a tightrope.

I think that's why I keep being drawn back to television, because I think it's one of the most creative outlets.