“I didn't realize I wanted to write about D.C. until after 2000. Even t...” — Kristin Gore Quote

“I didn't realize I wanted to write about D.C. until after 2000. Even though I was a comedy writer, I stayed away from that subject on purpose. It took attaining some distance and perspective.”

“I love the satire and skewering of comedy writing.”

“I was one of those dorky kids who'd wanted to go to Harvard since the fifth grade.”

“Distance not only gives nostalgia, but perspective, and maybe objectivity.”

“I am a distance runner, a marathoner... literally and figuratively.”

“The older the layers, the more each of them is uniform over a great extent; the newer the layers, the more they are limited and subject to variation within small distances.”