The shelf life of the average trade book is somewhere between milk and yogurt. Calvin Trillin averagebooklife Change image and share on social
Canadians are very well behaved, they don't throw their food. Calvin Trillin behavecanadianfood Change image and share on social
When you're writing, you are robbed of your delivery. Calvin Trillin deliveryrobwrite Change image and share on social
The question about those aromatic advertisements that perfume companies are having stitched into magazines these days is this: under the freedoms guaranteed by the First Amendment, is smelling up the place a constitutionally protected form of expression? Calvin Trillin advertisementamendmentaromatic share on social
I'm more disturbed when people expect me to be serious. Calvin Trillin disturbexpectpeople Change image and share on social
Getting a tattoo would probably make me cry. Calvin Trillin crymaketattoo Change image and share on social
When it comes to Chinese food I have always operated under the policy that the less known about the preparation the better. A wise diner who is invited to visit the kitchen replies by saying, as politely as possible, that he has a pressing engagement elsewhere. Calvin Trillin chinesedinerengagement share on social
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.' Calvin Trillin iambicmondaynight share on social
What campaigns are for is weeding out the people who, for one way or another, weren't making it for the long haul. Calvin Trillin campaignhaullong Change image and share on social
