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!
Calvin TrillinThe most remarkable thing about my mother is that for thirty years she served the family nothing but leftovers. The original meal has never been found.
Calvin TrillinI never eat in a restaurant that's over a hundred feet off the ground and won't stand still.
Calvin TrillinAs far as I'm concerned, 'whom' is a word that was invented to make everyone sound like a butler.
Calvin Trillin