Calvin Trillin Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)
Calvin Trillin quotes and sayings page 2 (89 year old journalist). Here's quote # 11 through 20 out of the 30 we have for him.
“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.”
“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.'”
“When you're writing, you are robbed of your delivery.”
“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.”
“With humor, it's so subjective that trying to think of what the ideal reader would think would drive you crazy.”
“What interests me is what you might call vernacular writing, writing that connects you to a place.”
“I do remember in high school I wanted to be a disc jockey.”
“When it comes to rapacious 19th century capitalism, my family's hands are clean.”
“I've always thought that parallel parking was my main talent.”
“What campaigns are for is weeding out the people who, for one way or another, weren't making it for the long haul.”
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