With humor, it's so subjective that trying to think of what the ideal reader would think would drive you crazy.
Quote by Calvin Trillin
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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 Quotes
- I never did very well in math - I could never seem to persuade the teacher that I hadn't meant my answers literally.
- People, not just reporters, are more interested in politics than in government, so the actual issues wouldn't be something that interested them.
- I never did very well in math - I could never seem to persuade the teacher that I hadn't meant my answers literally.
- With humor, it's so subjective that trying to think of what the ideal reader would think would drive you crazy.
- There's always a source for humor.
- Health food makes me sick.
- If it's inappropriate to write about, if there's nothing funny about it, then it's not 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.
- 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.
- Canadians are very well behaved, they don't throw their food.
- I don't cook. I don't know anything about food. I've never reviewed a restaurant.
Best Quotes
- I always wanted to be honest with myself and to those who have had faith in me.
- The serve, I was too young and too small and... not enough powerful to have a good serve when I was young, so my forehand was always my signature shot. So I used to always run around my backhand, you know, use my forehand as much as I could, and so that's why I think it's my strength also today, you know.
- I did all the right things in so many tournaments. But like I said, sometimes in sports it just goes the other way. Maybe you've already won so much that it evens it out a bit sometimes. I don't know.
- I used to get nervous, you know if my parents would come watch. And then I would get nervous if my friends came and watched. Today it's not a problem anymore actually, because now I enjoy it. I see that they, you know, respect me immensely, and I try to put on a good show and show that I can still play very good tennis.
- When I won in 2003, never in my wildest dreams did I ever think I would win Wimbledon and have my kids seeing me lift the trophy, so this is pretty surreal. And yeah, I was almost shocked in the moment that it all came together so nicely.
- Before, I guess, mum and dad were everything, but now, in my case, I had two new girls and all of a sudden they're completely dependent on you and there's a third generation. It's a funny shift all of a sudden. You have the babies, you have yourself and then you have your parents.
- My dad said if you become a tennis professional just make sure you get into the top hundred, because you have to make a little bit of money. You make a living so you can pay your coaching and, you know, your travels.
- When you do something best in life, you don't really want to give that up - and for me it's tennis.
- When there is nothing to talk about don't force yourself to say anything because it may land you in trouble.
- It’s crazy how people say, "I rely on facts," And believe thier television sets.
- Some people are drawn naturally - there are natural guitarists, and there are natural piano players, and I think guitar implies travel, a sort of footloose gypsy existence. You grab your bag and you go to the next town.