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 TrillinI never did very well in math - I could never seem to persuade the teacher that I hadn't meant my answers literally.
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 TrillinIt happens to be a matter of record that I was first in print with the discovery that the tastelessness of the food offered in American clubs varies in direct proportion to the exclusiveness of the club.
Calvin Trillin