Quotes by Calvin Trillin

Calvin Trillin

American journalist, humorist, food writer and poet

Lived from: 1935 -

Category: Comedians | Media | Writers (Contemporary) | Poets (Contemporary)

Born: 5 december 1935

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  • 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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  • What interests me is what you might call vernacular writing, writing that connects you to a place.
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  • 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.
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  • When it comes to rapacious 19th century capitalism, my family's hands are clean.
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  • With humor, it's so subjective that trying to think of what the ideal reader would think would drive you crazy.
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