I never did very well in math – I could never seem to persuade the teacher that I hadnt meant my answers literally. – Calvin Trillin
With humor, its so subjective that trying to think of what the ideal reader would think would drive you crazy. – Calvin Trillin
We all know funny people who cant get it down on the page – even funny writers who cant get it down on the page. – Calvin Trillin
I never eat in a restaurant thats over a hundred feet off the ground and wont stand still. – Calvin Trillin
The making of a picture ought surely to be a rather fascinating adventure. It is not; it is an endless contention of tawdry egos, some of them powerful, almost all of them vociferous, and almost none of them capable of anything much more creative than credit-stealing and self-promotion. – Raymond Chandler