American - Author | June 5, 1977 -
I was one of those dorky kids who'd wanted to go to Harvard since the fifth grade.
Kristin Gore
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I'm just grateful that my parents still love each other.
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From age 7 on, I wanted to be a writer.
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After writing for TV for a while, I got sort of fed up with all of the cancellations and the volatility in that industry. Also, you're always writing for someone else's character and story, and I really wanted to develop my own.
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Whenever Congress was in session, we were in Washington. So four months out of the year we were in Tennessee and the rest of the time in Arlington, which is where my mom grew up. Then, of course, in 1992 we moved into the vice president's house in D.C. I was 15 then.
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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.
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In my free time, I'd written 'Sammy's Hill' - it had started out as a play. I just did it for myself.
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My parents were enthusiastic fans of 'Sammy's Hill.' But they think 'Sammy's House' is a better book.
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I make things up for a living. It would be pretty boring to just fictionalize real people.
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There's this perception of D.C. as a boring town run by old white men, but in reality, there are incredibly young people in charge of really important things.
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The wrists, the Achilles' tendons, and the neck are some of the weakest points of the human body, so a lot of people have phobias about those things. I can't deal with the undersides of wrists.
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When my father became vice president, I was a sophomore in high school. I'd do things like go on a run with my soccer team and purposely dodge the security van. Then my parents compromised with the Secret Service when I went to college. I just had a panic button in my dorm room, so if I pressed that, they'd be there within 2 or 3 minutes.
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