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For more than eight decades, Washington has been my hometown. My whole orientation is toward this place.

I love Washington. I have an affection for the place. For a satirist, I think it's sort of Disneyland. I mean, you know, there's always some inspiration in the morning's headlines.

I've been a political junkie for a long time. I find the way Washington works is just fascinating to me.

I love to go to Washington - if only to be near my money.

From my apartment in Arlington, I could see Washington. It was always nice to be near home.

I'm sorry that we have to have a Washington presence. We thrived during our first 16 years without any of this. I never made a political visit to Washington and we had no people here. It wasn't on our radar screen. We were just making great software.

I don't think I'm really open to having Washington change me.

I love Martha's Vineyard, where I have had a house for thirty years. I have loved visiting countries around the world. But I always come home to Washington.

Washington is like playing the Super Bowl, only there are no timeouts, no potty breaks, and the arena is filled with the media. In government, you have to learn to put yourself second in a big way. But I am a business person at heart. I like to be in charge.

I've been in Washington ever since 1981, trying to get out!