“Before I was born [my father] wanted me to go specifically to Yale, which he thought would help. It was easy for him to think I could be president: he didn't have to worry about being president himself, being ineligible because he wasn't born in the United States.” ThinkingStatesHelpingWantedFatherEasyPresidentBornUnitedWorryUnited StatesYale Author:Calvin Trillin
“I actually think of being funny as an odd turn of mind, like a mild disability, some weird way of looking at the world that you can't get rid of.” ThinkingWorldWayMindTurnsOddDisabilityBeing Funny 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.'” PeopleThinkingKnowsWayWritingWellsUsedNightTurnsWeekWork OutSundayShowersMondaySunday Night Author:Calvin Trillin
“By the way, did you fellows know that a hummingbird weighs as much as a quarter? Do you think a hummingbird also weighs the same as two dimes and a nickel? But then she asked a question of her own: How do they weigh a hummingbird?” ThinkingKnowsWayTwoFellowsQuartersDimesNickelsHummingbirds Book:Enough's Enough: And Other Rules of Life Source: Enough's Enough: And Other Rules of Life
“Anybody who doesn't think that the best hamburger place in teh world is in his home town is a sissy.” ThinkingWorldHomeTownsRestaurantsHamburgersSissyHome Town Author:Calvin Trillin
“With humor, it’s so subjective that trying to think of what the ideal reader would think would drive you crazy.” ThinkingTryingCrazyReaderIdealsSubjective Author:Calvin Trillin
“I suppose that there are endeavors in which self-confidence is even more important than it is in writing -- tightrope walking comes immediately to mind -- but it's difficult for me to think of anybody producing much writing if his confidence is completely shot.” IfsThinkingWritingMindImportantSelfDifficultWalkingShotsSelf ConfidenceEndeavor Author:Calvin Trillin
“I've written three books you could think of as memoirs.” ThinkingBookThreeWrittenMemoir Author:Calvin Trillin
