Comedy is tragedy plus time, but the time is different for everybody. — Mike Birbiglia Copy Share Image
Ultimately, jokes are this really special thing that we can all share. It's exciting to have basically a thousand people in a… — Mike Birbiglia Copy Share Image
My wife and I always comment that our lives are relatively mundane. She's a writer as well, I'm a writer, we spend… — Mike Birbiglia Copy Share Image
One of my favorite comedies of all time is 'Terms of Endearment;' that's my pace. — Mike Birbiglia Copy Share Image
When I go to bed at night, I wear a sleeping bag. And for a long time, I wore mittens so that… — Mike Birbiglia Copy Share Image
“Falling in love for the first time is a completely transcendent experience. It’s like eating pizza-flavored ice cream. Your brain can’t even… — Mike Birbiglia Copy Share Image
I take the subway four times a day, or close to it. I just love the subway! My grandfather worked as an… — Mike Birbiglia Copy Share Image
“I try to think up material that might apply to the subjects they are studying. How many mitochondria does it take to… — Mike Birbiglia Copy Share Image
My first car was, as depicted in 'Sleepwalk with Me,' my mother's '92 Volvo station wagon that had 80,000 miles on it,… — Mike Birbiglia Copy Share Image
I think spending a lot of time with my mom, who's a talker and a storyteller, and my dad, who has kind… — Mike Birbiglia Copy Share Image
I was very much a late bloomer. That's not to say that girls didn't express interest in me from time to time,… — Mike Birbiglia Copy Share Image
As a comedian, you want people to like you. That's part of why you're there in the first place: You have this… — Mike Birbiglia Copy Share Image
There's nothing funny the first time about telling a story about getting beat up and it makes you leave high school. — Mike Birbiglia Copy Share Image
“I'm a big fan of pastries the size of a baby that contain enough calories for a year. That seems like an… — Mike Birbiglia Copy Share Image
My problem with being in New York City is that you really can't make a living as a comedian. You can, but… — Mike Birbiglia Copy Share Image
I feel like we can prove in real time the old trope that comedy is tragedy plus time. — Mike Birbiglia Copy Share Image
I think sometimes you don't understand how to convey an idea, depending on the moment you're living in. — Mike Birbiglia Copy Share Image
The moment I walk into a room, I have kind of like the Terminator's tracking system for where the food is, and… — Mike Birbiglia Copy Share Image
First time films are hard. Even with some of the greatest directors, you look back at their first film, and you are… — Mike Birbiglia Copy Share Image
So I went to a club the other day, which is timely because my self esteem had been hovering right around 'normal' and I… — Mike Birbiglia Copy Share Image
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,… — Mike Birbiglia Copy Share Image
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… — Mike Birbiglia Copy Share Image
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. — Mike Birbiglia Copy Share Image
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… — Mike Birbiglia Copy Share Image
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… — Mike Birbiglia Copy Share Image
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… — Mike Birbiglia Copy Share Image
When I met my wife, I was a working comic, so the first week we went out, she saw me perform, and it was… — Mike Birbiglia Copy Share Image
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,… — Mike Birbiglia Copy Share Image
Directing your first film is like showing up to the field trip in seventh grade, getting on the bus, and making an announcement, 'So… — Mike Birbiglia Copy Share Image
