Quotes from Phoebe Robinson

Spending $40,000 on shoes is downright ignorant.

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.

Any joke can be funny, but not any joke is funny. Any joke has the potential to be hilarious to you, but more importantly, the joke has the potential to not be funny to you but to someone else.

I've experienced harassment. I've had male comedians be very inappropriate.

I like hot people being hot. How else do you explain my high school infatuation with Ricky Martin in all his shirtless glory?

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

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.

Flashback episodes are a tried-and-true sitcom device, but they always work!

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.

Not going to lie: when I heard that Toni Braxton's sister, Tamar, wanted to have a music career, I was skeptical. I know she sang backup for Toni and is a great reality-TV star, but being a musician is a whole 'nother league. Well, Tamar proved me wrong.

I'm really into short-story collections and essays; they're my jam.

I am a grizzly New Yorker.

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.

One of the great things about 'The Voice' is that all the judges sing their own hits, as well as covers, and do duets with each other.

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.

Let's stop acting like a man who is clear about his intentions, is open to love, and has a good head on his shoulders is 'boring,' 'lame,' and 'not passionate like the edgy guy.'

I'm easily frightened and am somewhat of a squeamish person.

I'm a nail biter and have been my whole life.

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

I'll be the first to admit it: I love fluff. Whether it's watching 'America's Next Top Model' or listening to dance pop like Rihanna's 'Where Have You Been,' I like to keep it light and fun, especially during the spring and summer months.

If I have a daughter and she grows up to be an astronaut, she's gonna end up on a Black History Month stamp.

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

One of the things I love about 'Idol' besides the drama, the backstories, and the crazy arrangements on popular songs is the auditions, when everyone is full of hope and nerves.

Making tough decisions that may make someone unhappy is something to get good at doing.