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Journalist

Calvin Trillin is an American journalist known for his humorous and satirical writing style. Born on December 5, 1935, he has had a career that spans various fields, including literature, commentary, and news reporting.

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Famous Calvin Trillin Quotes

“As part of my research for An Anthology of Authors' Atrocity Stories About Publishers, I conducted a study (employing my usual controls) that showed the average shelf life of a trade book to be somewhere between milk and yoghurt.”

Book Stories Study Research Trade Average Usual Milk Shelves Publishers Atrocities Anthology Employing Shelf Life

Book:Uncivil liberties

Source: Uncivil liberties

“Being on a book tour is a lot easier than reporting.”

Book Easier

Author:Calvin Trillin

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

Book Trade Average Milk Shelves Yogurt Shelf Life

Author:Calvin Trillin

“The average trade book has a shelf life of between milk and yogurt, except for books by any member of the Irving Wallace family - they have preservatives.”

Life Book Family Members Trade Average Milk Shelves Yogurt Shelf Life

Author:Calvin Trillin

“Once, in Lisbon, I tried my best to work the phone book in a way that would assuage a longing [Alice and I] had for certain Chinese dishes . . . .”

Way Book Certain Longing Phones Chinese Dishes

Author:Calvin Trillin

“A new regulation for the publishing industry: "The advance for a book must be larger than the check for the lunch at which it was discussed.”

Writing Book Industry Checks Lunch Regulation Publishing Publishing Industry

Book:Uncivil liberties

Source: Uncivil liberties

“I don't think I've ever read a food piece or a food book.”

Thinking Book Pieces

Author:Calvin Trillin

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

Thinking Book Three Written Memoir

Author:Calvin Trillin

About the Author

Born: December 5, 1935
Known for: Journalist
Quotes: 103

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If you can't say something niceRelated source material

Quite Enough of Calvin Trillin: Forty Years of Funny StuffRelated source material

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Deadline Poet: My Life As a DoggerelistRelated source material

Feeding a Yen: Savoring Local Specialties, from Kansas City to CuzcoRelated source material

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