Money not spent on a luxury one considered even briefly is the equivalent of windfall income and should be spent accordingly.
Calvin TrillinWe all know funny people who can't get it down on the page - even funny writers who can't get it down on the page.
Calvin TrillinFollowing the Rumanian tradition, garlic is used in excess to keep the vampires away... Following the Jewish tradition, a dispenser of schmaltz (liquid chicken fat) is kept on the table to give the vampires heartburn if they get through the garlic defense.
Calvin TrillinThere's always a source for humor [in politics]. If it's inappropriate to write about, if there's nothing funny about it, then it's not funny. So it sort of selects itself. It has to. And plus, often something that wouldn't be funny at the time is okay to make jokes about later.
Calvin Trillin