I've been in love with Washington ever since renting my very first apartment there many years ago while working as a Senate intern.

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

My history has been to grow the roots as deeply as you can before going on to the next thing. That's why it took 10 years to go from Union Square Cafe to Gramercy Tavern, and another 10 years to go from Blue Smoke's first location to its second, and five to go from Shake Shack 1 to Shake Shack 2.

McCoy went back before the Senate in Washington, D.C., and testified in front of the Senate subcommittee and pushed for a federal anti-freeze law.

I've been working since I was five!

And I love writing; I've been writing ever since I was seven.