You think about D.C. as a boring stuffy place. That's kind of its image. But if you grow up in that, you see all these energetic, fun people and crazy stuff that happens behind the scenes that no one knows about.

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.

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

I like my leaders smart and serious. I don't need a stand-up comic.

Politics means competition, especially in senior positions. If you don't know that, you're not especially suited to politics.

Over the last decade, at considerable cost to me in money and effort, confronted with ridicule and intimidation, I have brought more than a dozen lawsuits challenging the corruption in the election process in Tennessee.

I understand that the end does not justify the means. And this should be a lasting value for democracy.

The problem isn't that there's not enough women in panel games. The problem is there's not enough women in comedy in general.