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Calvin Trillin

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Calvin Trillin's background may be a mystery, but their perspective is crystal clear. The range of their thinking — from Food to Funny — speaks to an intellectual restlessness that shows in every quote. Browse 19 quotes by Calvin Trillin that cover ground from Food, Funny, Humor, Teacher, and Politics. Here is a taste of their wisdom: "If it's inappropriate to write about, if there's nothing funny about it, then it's not funny."

“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

Funny

All Quotes by 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.”

— Calvin Trillin

Food

“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

Imagination

“Health food makes me sick.”

— Calvin Trillin

Diet

“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

Funny

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

— Calvin Trillin

Food

“If it's inappropriate to write about, if there's nothing funny about it, then it's not funny.”

— Calvin Trillin

Funny

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

— Calvin Trillin

Humor

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

— Calvin Trillin

Food

“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

Family

“I don't think I've ever read a food piece or a food book.”

— Calvin Trillin

Food

“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

Politics

“There's always a source for humor.”

— Calvin Trillin

Humor

“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

Food

“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

Funny

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

— Calvin Trillin

Food