At first I was very anxious about starting Twitter, because I didn't really know what was expected of me. I now feel fairly relaxed, in that's it a w…

- Simon Amstell

Why be timid? Death is coming.

- Simon Amstell

The idea of a life plan, "I'm here now, where do I need to go to..." There's always "And then what?" And eventually the end of that "and then what?" …

- Simon Amstell

I can't bear small talk, it's awful. I want to get beyond that thing of discussing how the weather is a bit better today than it was yesterday, and h…

- Simon Amstell

I've stopped doing things that aren't clear comedy gigs - to do something that's not "comedy night," it's a difficult thing. People have to be given …

- Simon Amstell

If there's anything to be said in a broad way about different audiences it's that I live in a major city, and those themes of isolation, protectivene…

- Simon Amstell

I realize that in everything I was saying, that underneath my words was essentially, "why can't we be less judgemental and more like me." Which is ju…

- Simon Amstell

I'm not interested in being gratuitously relatable and broadening out what I do in order to reach more people. When I'm going into specific details o…

- Simon Amstell

I am not keen on the idea of an oversharer. I don't like that as a problem. I have more of a problem with an undershare. If I'm talking to somebody a…

- Simon Amstell