A new regulation for the publishing industry: "The advance for a book must be larger than the check for the lunch at which it was discussed.
Calvin TrillinEven today, well-brought-up English girls are taught by their mothers to boil all veggies for at least a month and a half, just in case one of the dinner guests turns up without his teeth.
Calvin TrillinI never eat in a restaurant that's over a hundred feet off the ground and won't stand still.
Calvin Trillin