Bo Burnham Quotes

I just don't believe the hype. I just don't take myself too seriously. I don't know if that's a good thing or a bad thing.

I hate talking about myself, I find it such a boring topic. I'd much rather talk about other things.

I feel like vocals are to music what portraits are to painting. They're the humanity. Landscapes are good and fine, but at the end of the day everyone loves the Mona Lisa.

The good writing of any age has always been the product of someone's neurosis.

Anybody, providing he knows how to be amusing, has the right to talk about himself.

I do think all art is autobiographical, and I do think I know quite a bit about women. I don't know anything about men.

Well, any time you do anything good, it's man versus himself, right? That's the art, the challenge.

I was brought up to think you don't talk about yourself.

When people tell really good stories in songs, I really like it.

Painting is self-discovery. Every good artist paints what he is.

Once you take yourself too seriously the art will suffer.

It's hard to talk about yourself onstage and be sincere about it.

I think I've lived a pretty hard life. What I mean by hard is that... I've been kind of reckless with things. I'm a passionate person. I'm a super passionate person. I think there's definitely been sorrow in my life, good and bad. I think it comes through. I hope it comes through in my writing because to me that's what artistry is.

Good painting is the kind that looks like sculpture.

I don't like talking about myself. I'm not really interested in myself. One of the good things about being a supporting actor is that you get to talk about other people.

Tooting my own horn is of no interest to me... it takes you away from real life. It's a waste, and I don't find a need to sing my own praises.

I don't think it's good to say that you won't do certain things, but I don't necessarily have the natural urge to write.

For writers and artists, it's always a balancing act between wanting to be the center of attention and wanting to be invisible and watch what's going on.

Yeah, it is, because it's a real discovery of your inner resources, you know. That's what my character is all about and what my playing is all about. But to get up there and just go inside and draw out something that makes you feel good first and foremost.

Everyone thinks these are self-portraits but they aren't meant to be. I just use myself as a model because I know I can push myself to extremes, make each shot as ugly or goofy or silly as possible.

Sure, I am funny and have a good sense of humor. Mostly, though, I just tell the truth. The internal dialogue people have in their heads - I just write it.

Painting what I experience, translating what I feel, is like a great liberation. But it is also work, self-examination, consciousness, criticism, struggle.

I always considered myself being an organizer. I'm very good at teaching singers, I'm very good at staging a show, to entertain people. But I never included myself. I never applied this to me as an artist.

I just hate talking about myself.

A vain man finds it wise to speak good or ill of himself; a modest man does not talk of himself.