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title: "6 Down Quotes By Mike Birbiglia"
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> [Once you start writing something obsessively, it's almost like someone has to rip it from your hands in order for you to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-birbiglia/once-you-start-writing-something-obsessively-it-s-almost-like-someone/)

[Mike Birbiglia](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-birbiglia/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6dd/mike-birbiglia-1343_almost_once-you-start-writing-something-obsessi_76303.png)

> [The thing about storytelling is it's very stripped down; it's very much at the core of 'I'm a person and I'm just…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-birbiglia/the-thing-about-storytelling-is-it-s-very-stripped-down-it-s-very/)

[Mike Birbiglia](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-birbiglia/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ce0/mike-birbiglia-1343_about_the-thing-about-storytelling-is-it-s-ver_1130815.png)

> [I think that my regrets mostly have to do with my relationship with my ex-girlfriend. Every once in a while, you get…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-birbiglia/i-think-that-my-regrets-mostly-have-to-do-with-my-relationship-with/)

[Mike Birbiglia](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-birbiglia/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b04/mike-birbiglia-1343_communication_i-think-that-my-regrets-mostly-have-to-d_1253349.jpg)

> [It sounds so nerdy and pathetic, but what I always do on Sunday afternoon is bring my inbox down to zero, which…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-birbiglia/it-sounds-so-nerdy-and-pathetic-but-what-i-always-do-on-sunday/)

[Mike Birbiglia](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-birbiglia/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/75a/mike-birbiglia-1343_adult_it-sounds-so-nerdy-and-pathetic-but-what_2129058.png)

> [You get to the end of something, you're laughing, you're like, 'That's funny, and that's funny,' and then you get to the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-birbiglia/you-get-to-the-end-of-something-you-re-laughing-you-re-like-that-s/)

[Mike Birbiglia](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-birbiglia/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f93/mike-birbiglia-1343_come_you-get-to-the-end-of-something-you-re-l_2704541.jpg)

> [Growing up, I was discouraged from telling personal stories. My dad often used the phrase 'Don't tell anyone.' But not about creepy…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-birbiglia/growing-up-i-was-discouraged-from-telling-personal-stories-my-dad/)

[Mike Birbiglia](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-birbiglia/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1fa/mike-birbiglia-1343_about_growing-up-i-was-discouraged-from-tellin_3011199.jpg)

## Other authors on Down

## More by Mike Birbiglia

> [So I went to a club the other day, which is timely because my self esteem had been hovering right around 'normal' and I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-birbiglia/so-i-went-to-a-club-the-other-day-which-is-timely-because-my-self/)

[Mike Birbiglia](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-birbiglia/)

> [My writing process is very feedback-based. When I do stand-up, I listen to the audience. I try to understand what's connecting, what's not connecting,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-birbiglia/my-writing-process-is-very-feedback-based-when-i-do-stand-up-i-listen/)

[Mike Birbiglia](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-birbiglia/)

> [I've actually always wanted to write like a one-person show that was sort of a romantic comedy - a show that was kind of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-birbiglia/i-ve-actually-always-wanted-to-write-like-a-one-person-show-that-was/)

[Mike Birbiglia](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-birbiglia/)

> [It's interesting how sleepwalking in a certain way becomes an accumulation of your outside stimuli that's actually there and what's happening in your brain.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-birbiglia/it-s-interesting-how-sleepwalking-in-a-certain-way-becomes-an/)

[Mike Birbiglia](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-birbiglia/)

> [I went to the doctor, and they found something in my bladder. And whenever they find something, it's never anything good like, "We found…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-birbiglia/i-went-to-the-doctor-and-they-found-something-in-my-bladder-and/)

[Mike Birbiglia](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-birbiglia/)

> [Bears are simultaneously so graceful and so strong. Bears know who they are, but they often don’t know who you are, which is why…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-birbiglia/bears-are-simultaneously-so-graceful-and-so-strong-bears-know-who/)

[Mike Birbiglia](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-birbiglia/)

> [Once you start writing something obsessively, it's almost like someone has to rip it from your hands in order for you to put it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-birbiglia/once-you-start-writing-something-obsessively-it-s-almost-like-someone/)

[Mike Birbiglia](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-birbiglia/)

> [I always try to attack the most honest issues I can in my comedy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-birbiglia/i-always-try-to-attack-the-most-honest-issues-i-can-in-my-comedy/)

[Mike Birbiglia](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-birbiglia/)

> [The list of fun and easily fixed brain diseases is very short.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-birbiglia/the-list-of-fun-and-easily-fixed-brain-diseases-is-very-short/)

[Mike Birbiglia](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-birbiglia/)

> [When I met my wife, I was a working comic, so the first week we went out, she saw me perform, and it was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-birbiglia/when-i-met-my-wife-i-was-a-working-comic-so-the-first-week-we-went/)

[Mike Birbiglia](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-birbiglia/)

> [I think because I've been working in front of audiences for so many years, I'm able to take in the input, good or bad,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-birbiglia/i-think-because-i-ve-been-working-in-front-of-audiences-for-so-many/)

[Mike Birbiglia](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-birbiglia/)

> [Directing your first film is like showing up to the field trip in seventh grade, getting on the bus, and making an announcement, 'So…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-birbiglia/directing-your-first-film-is-like-showing-up-to-the-field-trip-in/)

[Mike Birbiglia](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-birbiglia/)

> [Media is so weird; everything is so accessible now. It used to be this thing where, if you did something on 'This American Life,'…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-birbiglia/media-is-so-weird-everything-is-so-accessible-now-it-used-to-be-this/)

[Mike Birbiglia](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-birbiglia/)

> [As artists, we'd all love to not be commercial - to not sell out to the full extent that we are able. But you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-birbiglia/as-artists-we-d-all-love-to-not-be-commercial-to-not-sell-out-to-the/)

[Mike Birbiglia](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-birbiglia/)

> [Comedy is tragedy plus time, but the time is different for everybody.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-birbiglia/comedy-is-tragedy-plus-time-but-the-time-is-different-for-everybody/)

[Mike Birbiglia](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-birbiglia/)

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