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.
Calvin TrillinIf it's inappropriate to write about, if there's nothing funny about it, then it's not funny.
Calvin TrillinMarriage is not merely sharing the fettucini, but sharing the burden of finding the fettucini restaurant in the first place.
Calvin TrillinEverything was blamed on Castro. Mudslides in California. The fact that you can't buy a decent tomato anymore. Was there an exceptionally high pollen count in Massapequa, Long Island, one day? It was Castro, exporting sneezes.
Calvin Trillin