Typically, in New York, there are so many comics on a single lineup that you can only do eight minutes. Phoebe Robinson Read Quote
There’s so many careers that didn’t happen because women are like, ‘I can’t deal with this harassment. I’m going to leave this industry.’ Phoebe Robinson Read Quote
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. Phoebe Robinson Read Quote
Just because you’re not like other people doesn’t mean that you’re bad. It means that you’re different, and that’s great. Phoebe Robinson Read Quote
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. Phoebe Robinson Read Quote
The great thing about being a standard-issue, straight white person is you have so much time. Gay people, people of color, we have less time! We have to be a living Learning Annex to everybody. We don’t have time to master hobbies like skipping rocks along lakes. Phoebe Robinson Read Quote
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 Read Quote
