Tina Fey (1970) American comedian, writer, producer and actress
On Comedy
Source: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2003/11/03/anchor-woman
“Halfway down the stairs
Is a stair
Where I sit.
There isn't any
Other stair
Quite like
It.
I'm not at the bottom,
I'm not at the top;
So this is the stair
Where
I always
Stop.
Halfway up the stairs
Isn't up,
Isn't down.
It isn't in the nursery,
It isn't in the town.
And all sorts of funny thoughts
Run round my head:
"It isn't really
Anywhere!
It's somewhere else
Instead!"”
— A.A. Milne, book When We Were Very Young
When We Were Very Young (1924)
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