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Calvin Trillin Biography

Calvin Marshall Trillin (born 5 December 1935) is an American journalist, humorist, food writer, poet, memoirist and novelist.

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As far as I'm concerned, 'whom' is a word that was invented to make everyone sound like a butler.

Butler, Everyone, Inspirational, Sound, Writing

How did Italy manage to end up with no Caribbean islands at all? Christopher Columbus took the trouble to discover the Caribbean personally before the end of the fifteenth century. Try to get a decent plate of spaghetti there now.

Christopher, Decent, Home, Islands, Manage, Travel

When helicopters were snatching people from the grounds of the American embassy compound during the panic of the final Vietcong push into Saigon, I was sitting in front of the television set shouting, Get the chefs! Get the chefs!

Final, Finals, Panic, People, Sitting, Snatching

Why in the world are you a Republican?

Republican, World

If bumblebee leavings and stump paste are so good for you, why can't any of those guys (in the health stores) grow full beards?

Beards, Bumblebees, Grow, Guy, Health, Leaving

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.

Age, Begin, Knowing, People, Reaches

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

Behaved, Canadians, Food, Throw, Wells

I'm more disturbed when people expect me to be serious.

Disturbed, Expect, People, Serious

At American weddings, the quality of the food is in inverse proportion to the social position of the bride and groom.

Bride, Bride And Groom, Quality, Social, Weddings

The margin of error in astrology is plus or minus one hundred percent.

Astrology, Error, Errors, Funny, Minus

Perhaps we've time to have a look at the Number Thirty-One bus queue before we turn in.

Bus, Looks, Numbers, Perhaps, Thirty, Time

I suppose that there are endeavors in which self-confidence is even more important than it is in writing -- tightrope walking comes immediately to mind -- but it's difficult for me to think of anybody producing much writing if his confidence is completely shot.

Confidence, Mind, Self Confidence, Thinking, Tightrope, Writing

There's always a source for humor.

Humor, Source

People, not just reporters, are more interested in politics than in government, so the actual issues wouldn't be something that interested them.

Actual, Government, Interested, Issues, People

Every good idea sooner or later degenerates into hard work.

Degenerates, Good, Hard, Hard Work, Ideas, Sooner

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.

Kitchen, Known, Policy, Preparation, Wise

Fairs are good places to eat, particularly for stand-up eaters--which is one of the kinds of eaters I am, although when I eat standing up away from home I sometimes miss the familiar cool breeze coming from the open refrigerator.

Coming, Home, Kind, Missing, Refrigerator, Standing

Following the Rumanian tradition, garlic is used in excess to keep the vampires away. . . Following the Jewish tradition, a dispenser of schmaltz (liquid chicken fat) is kept on the table to give the vampires heartburn if they get through the garlic defense.

Away, Giving, Jewish Tradition, Rumanian, Schmaltz, Vampire

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

Writing, Inappropriate, Ifs, Funny, Nothing

The shelf life of the average trade book is somewhere between milk and yogurt.

Average, Book, Milk, Trade, Yogurt

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