Quotes from Paula Pell

I think, as a woman, you have to really make sure that you're taking care of yourself and make sure that you're covered and you have enough material written for you.

When I finally finished writing 'Sisters,' I started getting hired for lots of rewrites.

I've always felt, even with sketches, that if you don't care about these people, then it doesn't matter.

It's easy to trick yourself into thinking something's funnier than it is.

I was born in Joliet, Illinois. It was totally Midwestern - small, little house, two great parents, and a sister and a beagle.

I grew up where the repercussion of you having an opinion was being 'cocky,' or people would be mad at you. And I have finally learnt that it is better for them to be mad at you and disagree than you be so mad at yourself all of the time for not speaking up.

Starting probably with Janeane Garofalo and that era of stand-up ladies who were starting to be more brainy and strong and clever, guys started noticing those girls as sexy smart. I always called it smarxy.

I'm obsessed with 'Rocky.' We went 13 times to the theater.

If you're hired to be a funny person, you have to trust your judgment but also be open because sometimes you think something's funny, and the next day you read it and go, 'Oh, my God.'

My sister is three years older and super foxy, and I always looked like a 50 year old woman.

I think it helps in any comedy room for a woman to have very strong, respected convictions, because then it opens the door up a little bit for other women to have that.

'Hudson Valley Ballers' is just the joy of my life.

Twitter is really - I got very addicted to it just because it's so simple, and it's like a video game for comedy writers to just do a one-liner about something.

I was really dramatic, really concerned with love or life.

I'm a late bloomer, so I'm going to embrace it all.