82 Quotes by Jon Lovett

'Veep' is a great satire of democracy.

'The West Wing' was an incredible, inspiring show - and one of the reasons I wanted to be a speechwriter.

I will never apologize for selective editing to make myself look better.

It's certainly true that presidents have confidantes who rise above what you would call just staff.

I'll always cringe remembering those little embarrassing moments when I said something dumb on a conference call, when my inexperience poked through, when I should have been more solicitous of the judgment of those around me. They're a reminder that it's not mutually exclusive to be confident and humble, to be skeptical and eager to learn.

If there is one way that I would sum up what the 2016 election was on cable news, it was world-class journalists interviewing morons.

The one thing I didn't want to do was a show about the White House. I was too close to it.

There's only so much mistrust we can take before things get much worse.

I went into politics for the reasons most people do: ambition, self-righteousness, and a desire to help others.