Writer Quotes by Calvin Trillin

8 Writer quotes by Calvin Trillin

Calvin Trillin’s thoughts on the writer’s life are delivered in eight witty statements, blending humor with keen observation. This brief set provides a quick taste of his belief that levity and honesty go hand in hand on the page.

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I suppose that there are endeavors in which self-confidence is even more important than it is in writing -- tightrope walking comes…

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

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The average trade book has a shelf life of between milk and yogurt, except for books by any member of the Irving…

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A new regulation for the publishing industry: "The advance for a book must be larger than the check for the lunch at…

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As part of my research for An Anthology of Authors' Atrocity Stories About Publishers, I conducted a study (employing my usual controls)…

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I've written three books you could think of as memoirs.

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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 you're writing, you are robbed of your delivery.

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“I am firmly committed to the proposition that whoever is in power is exceedingly silly… And that goes for the opposition as well.”

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

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

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Irving Wallace family - they have preservatives.

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“All White House hopefuls we forewarn: You'll have to prove that you were born. Before Trump hits the state of granite, He must identify…

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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…

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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?

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

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

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Avoid restaurants with names that are improbable descriptions, such as the Purple Goose, the Blue Kangaroo or the Quilted Orangutan.

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

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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…

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When someone reaches middle age, people he knows begin to get put in charge of things, and knowing what he knows about the people…

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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…

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I actually think of being funny as an odd turn of mind, like a mild disability, some weird way of looking at the world…

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