Quote by Calvin Trillin
With humor, its so subjective that trying to think of what the ide

With humor, its so subjective that trying to think of what the ideal reader would think would drive you crazy. – Calvin Trillin

Other quotes by 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

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funny
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I never did very well in math – I could never seem to persuade the teacher that I hadnt meant my answers literally. – Calvin Trillin

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Imagination
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Sometimes a scene may be about one thing, and it may end up still being about that, but the emotionality of it comes from somewhere else, or the humor of it comes from somewhere else, and it gives it that real-life quality. – Kyle Chandler

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Humor

I genuinely liked all of the cast members very much. Steve had a wicked sense of humor. I remember Russell coming to my rescue, once. I watched Eric evolve before everyones eyes. Maurice loved what he did, so. He treated his character with respect, down to the costuming. – Madeleine Stowe

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Humor

I want everything I do to have humor in it, because it seems to me that all of life has that. – Lawrence Kasdan

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I find that people find a way out of misery through humor and its humor thats often unacceptable to people who are not in quite such a state of misery. – Danny Boyle

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Humor

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