Accounts Quote 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…

— 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,…

— 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…

— 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.

— 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…

— 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…

— 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…

— Mike Birbiglia

I always try to attack the most honest issues I can in my comedy.

— Mike Birbiglia

The list of fun and easily fixed brain diseases is very short.

— 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…

— 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,…

— 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…

— Mike Birbiglia