For me, if you distill comedy down, it is surprise and the unexpected. That has to be it on its most base level, in any form.

Bo Burnham

In high school, I worked eight hours a day just so I could get into the college of my dreams and say that I got in - and I never went.

Bo Burnham

Women are like puzzles because prior to 1920 neither had the right to vote. Puzzles still don't.

Bo Burnham

People do complain about the way I act on stage... They think on stage I act too arrogant, too self-obsessed, solecistic, self-contained, synonyms.

Bo Burnham

I stopped and I thought, 'What would Jesus do?' So I didn't exist.

Bo Burnham

I love you just the way you are but you don't see you like I do. You shouldn't try so hard to be perfect. Trust me, perfect should try to be you.

Bo Burnham

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.

Bo Burnham

Twitter is a lot like crystal meth, because it's really fun to do and Oprah's on it.

Bo Burnham

I've always liked the format of YouTube, sharing things for free, which is a nice exchange between people.

Bo Burnham

I've found nothing but support and generosity from older comics. I think comedians are a lot nicer than the stigma is, at least from my experience.

Bo Burnham

I'm bored way too easily. I'm staring at screens half the day. I need to be overstimulated. And how will that express itself artistically?

Bo Burnham

There's a certain line between jokes and music and poetry that's a bit blurred in my mind.

Bo Burnham