Author: Calvin Trillin

Quotes

Health food makes me sick.

Health food makes me sick.

- Calvin Trillin

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

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

The most remarkable thing about my mother is that for thirty years she served the family nothing but leftovers. The original meal has never been found.

The most remarkable thing about my mother is that for thirty years she served the family nothing but leftovers. The original meal has never been found.

- Calvin Trillin

There's always a source for humor.

There's always a source for humor.

- Calvin Trillin

Canadians are very well behaved, they don't throw their food.

Canadians are very well behaved, they don't throw their food.

- Calvin Trillin

I never eat in a restaurant that's over a hundred feet off the ground and won't stand still.

I never eat in a restaurant that's over a hundred feet off the ground and won't stand still.

- 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

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

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