I never did very well in math – I could never seem to persuade the teacher that I hadnt meant my answers literally. – 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
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. – Calvin Trillin
Novelists are not equipped to make a movie, in my opinion. They make their own movie when they write: theyre casting, theyre dressing the scene, theyre working out where the energy of the scene is coming from and theyre also relying tremendously on the creative imagination of the reader. – John le Carre