Home / Authors / Calvin Trillin

Calvin Trillin Quotes

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.

Filter quotes by topic

All Ifs People Restaurants Thinking Writing Book Knows Way Food School Turns Cooking Home Long May Trying Used Wells World Average

Famous Calvin Trillin Quotes

“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 something, that's not class warfare because it's down; you have to talk about rich people before it's class warfare.”

People Ifs Interesting Class Rich Welfare Warfare Cheat Rich People Interesting Things Class Warfare

Author:Calvin Trillin

“There is a theory that sooner or later anything in America that is any fun at all will be ruined by people from California.”

People America Fun Theory California Sooner Or Later Ruined

Author:Calvin Trillin

“Did you know that five out of three people have trouble with fractions.”

People Knows Three Five Trouble Fractions Did You Know

Author:Calvin Trillin

“I'm more disturbed when people expect me to be serious.”

People Serious Disturbed

Author:Calvin Trillin

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

People Government Issues Reporters

Author:Calvin Trillin

“What campaigns are for is weeding out the people who, for one way or another, weren't making it for the long haul.”

People Way Long Campaigns One Way Weed Haul Long Haul

Author:Calvin Trillin

“You know, I used to say, when people say, 'How do you think about what to write about in the poems every week?' And I say, 'Well, I have to turn it in on Monday, so on Sunday nights I turn the shower to iambic pentameter and it sort of works out that way.'”

People Thinking Knows Way Writing Wells Used Night Turns Week Work Out Sunday Showers Monday Sunday Night

Author:Calvin Trillin

“The food in such places is so tasteless because the members associate spices and garlic with just the sort of people they're trying to keep out.”

People Trying Members Associates Spices Keep Trying Garlic

Book:Third Helpings

Source: Third Helpings

“When someone reaches middle age, people he knows begin to get put in charge of things, and knowing what he knows about the people who are being put in charge of things scares the hell out of him.”

People Knows Age Hell Knowing Middle Scare Middle Ages

Book:Quite Enough of Calvin Trillin: Forty Years of Funny Stuff

Source: Quite Enough of Calvin Trillin: Forty Years of Funny Stuff

“When helicopters were snatching people from the grounds of the American embassy compound during the panic of the final Vietcong push into Saigon, I was sitting in front of the television set shouting, Get the chefs! Get the chefs!”

People Fronts Television Sitting Finals Panic Chef Shouting Compounds Helicopters Embassy Saigon Vietcong

Author:Calvin Trillin

“Since nostaglia is fueled by inflation, could it be that inflation is the result of a conspiracy by the people who are trying to palm off McGovern buttons and Howdy Doody puppets and their Aunt Thelma's toaster as antiques.”

People Trying Results Economy Conspiracy Buttons Palms Inflation Aunt Puppets Antiques Toasters

Book:Uncivil liberties

Source: Uncivil liberties

“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 page.”

People Knows Pages Funny People

Author:Calvin Trillin

About the Author

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

Books & Sources

Uncivil libertiesRelated source material

Third HelpingsRelated source material

American fried; adventures of a happy eaterRelated source material

About AliceRelated source material

Alice, Let's Eat: Further Adventures of a Happy EaterRelated source material

If you can't say something niceRelated source material

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

Enough's Enough: And Other Rules of LifeRelated source material

Deadline Poet: My Life As a DoggerelistRelated source material

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

Similar Authors

Fran LebowitzBrowse related quotes
Warner LeRoyBrowse related quotes
David SedarisBrowse related quotes
Joe BastianichBrowse related quotes
CurnonskyBrowse related quotes
Stephen KingBrowse related quotes
Sandra CisnerosBrowse related quotes
Salman RushdieBrowse related quotes
George SaundersBrowse related quotes
Chuck KlostermanBrowse related quotes