Calvin Trillin | teacher
I never did very well in math – I could never seem to persuade the teacher that I hadn’t meant my answers literally.
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Calvin Trillin | politics
People, not just reporters, are more interested in politics than in government, so the actual issues wouldn’t be something that interested them.
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Calvin Trillin | imagination
I never did very well in math – I could never seem to persuade the teacher that I hadn’t meant my answers literally.
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Calvin Trillin | humor
With humor, it’s so subjective that trying to think of what the ideal reader would think would drive you crazy.
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Calvin Trillin | funny
We 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.
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Calvin Trillin | funny
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.
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