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" I don't really read Stephen King - I just can't read scary things because it stays with me too long - but I truly liked his memoir of the craft of writing. "

Phoebe Robinson

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" Let's be real: dads get a bad rap in the media. We're talking Vanilla Ice's 'Ninja Rap' bad. More often than not, they're either pop lockin' Soul Train-style after learning they aren't the father, or they're selfish man-children who have more toys than brain cells. "

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" I never really thought of comedy as a career. My goal was, when I moved to New York, I was going to write serious films. "

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" Being in a male-dominated industry, you can feel like a little excluded. That was making me feel like maybe I'm not funny. I was really seriously considering, like, quitting standup. "

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" I'm obsessed with the Fenty beauty line. It's like, finally, women of color get good makeup. "

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" I was a funny kid growing up, and I did improv in college and went to Pratt Institute, but I did it very informally. It was just me and some of my friends goofing around on campus. "

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" I think that comfort is underrated in a lot of ways. "

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" As scary as it is, we have to admit that there are folks in the world who only know the Roots as 'the band on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon.'' "

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" I am a workaholic - my family will agree with that. "

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" If I'm going to be completely honest, I did not get the appeal of IFC's 'Portlandia' initially. "

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" Anyone who does stand-up comedy can agree that doing a late-night spot is a dream of theirs. "

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" I'm from Cleveland, Ohio. I was the only black girl in my grade. And I was just, like, really dorky. Like, I wasn't cool. "

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" For me personally, I was just worried that transitioning from a podcast, which is a very intimate sort of experience - people tell me they listen to my podcast while they're at the gym or on road trips, so you're in someone's ear - to being on television - that's a lot of space to fill. "

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" I think what's good is that men are now realizing that life is not a buffet where you just get to pick and choose whatever you want. "

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" 'Ain't It Fun,' which is about entering the real world, is bouncy and shows off Paramore's lighter side, to the dismay of some of the band's fans, who are used to the punk-rock sound. "

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" Typically, in New York, there are so many comics on a single lineup that you can only do eight minutes. "

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" Normally, I'd believe that the saying 'There's no small parts, only small actors' is a load of crock because, more often than not, actors relegated to the small-part category stay in 'Who was that guy from that thing' purgatory - however, '90s sitcom 'Friends' proved that the saying is true. "

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" I'm a sucker for two things: Adam Lambert and songs that start out as emo as a sad episode of 'Felicity' and then drop. That. Beat. "

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" I thought I was going to be a serious screenwriter and produce serious films. It was going to be 'American Beauty' and very important work. "

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