Maria Bamford Quotes

Maria Bamford — American Comedian born on September 03, 1970,

Maria Bamford is an American stand-up comedian, actress and voice actress. She is best known for her portrayal of her dysfunctional family and self-deprecating comedy involving jokes about depression and anxiety. Her comedy style is surreal, and incorporates voice impressions of various character types... (wikipedia)

As far as I can tell, comedians are pretty serious people, and that's why they make fun of things all of the time.

I think taking vacations and turning off the phone and only doing emails or social media for a specific short amount of time helps with work/life balance. If I'm checking it all day I start to feel cuckoo-bird. So I just do it once or twice a day instead of a thousand. And then remembering that it doesn't matter. It just doesn't matter.

Schizophrenia is hearing voices, not doing voices.

I never really thought of myself as depressed so much as paralyzed by hope.

People get really irritated by mental illness.