Author: Calvin Trillin

Quotes

I never did very well in math - I could never seem to persuade the teacher that I hadn't meant my answers literally.

I never did very well in math - I could never seem to persuade the teacher that I hadn't meant my answers literally.

- Calvin Trillin

The shelf life of the average trade book is somewhere between milk and yogurt.

The shelf life of the average trade book is somewhere between milk and yogurt.

- Calvin Trillin

I don't cook. I don't know anything about food. I've never reviewed a restaurant.

I don't cook. I don't know anything about food. I've never reviewed a restaurant.

- Calvin Trillin

We all know funny people who can't get it down on the page - even funny writers who can't get it down on the page.

We all know funny people who can't get it down on the page - even funny writers who can't get it down on the page.

- Calvin Trillin

With humor, it's so subjective that trying to think of what the ideal reader would think would drive you crazy.

With humor, it's so subjective that trying to think of what the ideal reader would think would drive you crazy.

- Calvin Trillin

People, not just reporters, are more interested in politics than in government, so the actual issues wouldn't be something that interested them.

People, not just reporters, are more interested in politics than in government, so the actual issues wouldn't be something that interested them.

- Calvin Trillin

I actually think of being funny as an odd turn of mind, like a mild disability, some weird way of looking at the world that you can't get rid of.

I actually think of being funny as an odd turn of mind, like a mild disability, some weird way of looking at the world that you can't get rid of.

- Calvin Trillin

The food in such places is so tasteless because the members associate spices and garlic with just the sort of people they're trying to keep out.

The food in such places is so tasteless because the members associate spices and garlic with just the sort of people they're trying to keep out.

- Calvin Trillin

There's always a source for humor.

There's always a source for humor.

- Calvin Trillin

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