Simplify the following text for a Grade 8 native English-speaking person.
Original: Responding to questions about its origin , Fey was quoted in the November 25 , 2001 , New York Times article as saying : `` It 's a childhood injury that was kind of grim .
Simplified: Fey was quoted in the November 25 , 2001 , New York Times article as saying about it : `` It 's a childhood injury that was kind of grim .