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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

“Sometimes, if I had until the next day to turn the story in, I'd head home, finding that the knot in the narrative came loose with the rhythmic clacking of the subway train.”

Ifs Sometimes Stories Home Turns Next Findings Train Narrative Next Day Knots Subway

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“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.”

Thinking World Way Mind Turns Odd Disability Being 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.'”

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

Author:Calvin Trillin

“Even today, well-brought-up English girls are taught by their mothers to boil all veggies for at least a month and a half, just in case one of the dinner guests turns up without his teeth.”

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Book:Third Helpings

Source: Third Helpings

“Perhaps we've time to have a look at the Number Thirty-One bus queue before we turn in.”

Looks Turns Numbers Thirty Bus Queues

Book:American fried; adventures of a happy eater

Source: American fried; adventures of a happy eater

About the Author

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

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Third HelpingsRelated source material

American fried; adventures of a happy eaterRelated source material

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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

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