Taylor Tomlinson

So much of religion is like, 'Well if you were praying about it, if you were good with God, that would fix everything.'

If I can write a joke about something that happened that was awful, it's like OK that happened and I have this money.

I know dead mom jokes make people uncomfortable.

I didn't have a dream college. After graduation, I attended Cal Poly in San Luis Obispo, majoring in communication.

My mom passed away when she was 34 years old... And I think in addition to I have to be really good if I'm going to disappoint my parents, I also have that in the back of my head, which is... okay. I may only have until 34 because in addition, my mom's aunt also died, same cancer, 34. So there's a pattern.

A lot of people - myself included - get overwhelmed with the amount of content you have to produce now. But it's necessary unless you're super famous. And even then, you need an Instagram.

I started doing stand-up at 16 and I didn't have the life experience to talk about politics or social issues.

Now that I have my dream job, my friends are less sympathetic to my dating troubles. I think it's easy to feel like one area of your life isn't going the way you want it to. And if another area of your life is going the way you want it to, you feel guilty for wanting the other area to go well, too.

That's the thing that's so messed up about dating, is that you start hearing all these stories about how nuts their ex-girlfriend or -boyfriend or whoever was, and the longer that you date the more relatable those stories become - the more you realize it's just their account, and it's not necessarily what actually transpired.

I've always wanted to wear black lipstick, but I think you have to have like a really cool personality.

The way I started doing comedy is not a very cool, rock and roll story.

After a semester, I left Cal Poly to attend a local community college - Palomar in San Marcos. It was the best move. I worked, saved money and eventually transferred to a different state school. In all, I went to college for three years.