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Calvin Trillin quotes

American Journalist December 5, 1935

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Calvin Trillin quote: "your children are either the center of your life or they’re..."
your children are either the center of your life or they’re not, and the rest is commentary Calvin Trillin
Calvin Trillin quote: "The shelf life of the average trade book is somewhere between..."
The shelf life of the average trade book is somewhere between milk and yogurt. 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. Calvin Trillin
I suppose it's possible that the Sundance Kid didn't like to make much of his birthdays — they may have struck him as just another reminder that his draw was getting slower by the year—but what if he truly liked a major celebration? What if he looked forward every year to marking the day of his birth with what they used to call in the West 'a real wingding, with pink balloons and a few survivors'? Calvin Trillin
Calvin Trillin quote: "When it comes to rapacious 19th century capitalism, my..."
When it comes to rapacious 19th century capitalism, my family's hands are clean. 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. Calvin Trillin
Would I be commenting on Amy Fisher? Was that the sort of subject that someone who hoped to become poet laureate should discuss? Would those British laureates who had traditionally written about royal birthdays and royal jubilees have dealt with such goings on? Calvin Trillin
Calvin Trillin quote: "We all know funny people 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
Calvin Trillin quote: "If it's inappropriate to write about, if there's nothing funny..."
If it's inappropriate to write about, if there's nothing funny about it, then it's not funny. Calvin Trillin
Going out? Are you going out? He's not going out? What do you mean he's not going out? Are you out here because you're still mad that they moved the Dodgers to L.A.? Are you going out or not? You're not going out? I guess you're not going out? huh? You mean go out parking in the evenings? Are you going out to park? Mr. Tepper, he asked at one point, did you ever? if you were in the middle of an interesting story in the paper or perhaps an interesting conversation with somebody who dropped in... Calvin Trillin
You know, I used to say, when people say, 'How do you think about what to write about in the poems every week?' And I say, 'Well, I have to turn it in on Monday, so on Sunday nights I turn the shower to iambic pentameter and it sort of works out that way.' Calvin Trillin
Calvin Trillin quote: "Every good idea sooner or later degenerates into hard work."
Every good idea sooner or later degenerates into hard work. Calvin Trillin
Calvin Trillin quote: "I don't think I've ever read a food piece or a food book."
I don't think I've ever read a food piece or a food book. Calvin Trillin
Calvin Trillin quote: "I never did very well in math - I could never seem to persuade..."
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
When it comes to Chinese food I have always operated under the policy that the less known about the preparation the better. A wise diner who is invited to visit the kitchen replies by saying, as politely as possible, that he has a pressing engagement elsewhere. Calvin Trillin

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