Calvin Trillin
Calvin Trillin
Calvin Marshall Trillinis an American journalist, humorist, food writer, poet, memoirist and novelist...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth5 December 1935
CountryUnited States of America
military smart mean
If General Haig is so smart, why did he finish 214th (out of 310) in his graduating class at West Point? Does that mean there are 213 generals his age who are smarter than he is?
writing might interest
What interests me is what you might call vernacular writing, writing that connects you to a place.
issues government people
People, not just reporters, are more interested in politics than in government, so the actual issues wouldn't be something that interested them.
taxation way gains
The ceiling on taxation of capital gains reflects the national belief that speculation is a more worthwhile way to make a living than work.
quality social bride-and-groom
At American weddings, the quality of the food is in inverse proportion to the social position of the bride and groom.
book writing lunch
A new regulation for the publishing industry: "The advance for a book must be larger than the check for the lunch at which it was discussed.
source
There's always a source for humor.
school jockeys remember
I do remember in high school I wanted to be a disc jockey.
knowing people age
When someone reaches middle age, people he knows begin to get put in charge of things, and knowing what he knows about the people who are being put in charge of things scares the hell out of him.
life inspiration sick
Health food makes me sick.
tattoo cry
Getting a tattoo would probably make me cry.
names purple blue
Avoid restaurants with names that are improbable descriptions, such as the Purple Goose, the Blue Kangaroo or the Quilted Orangutan.
writing inappropriate source
There's always a source for humor [in politics]. If it's inappropriate to write about, if there's nothing funny about it, then it's not funny. So it sort of selects itself. It has to. And plus, often something that wouldn't be funny at the time is okay to make jokes about later.
class interesting people
The interesting thing about class warfare is that it's only class warfare if it's up, not down. If you talk about welfare cheats or something, that's not class warfare because it's down; you have to talk about rich people before it's class warfare.