Calvin Trillin

I never did very well in math - I could never seem to persuade the teacher that I hadn't meant my answers literally.

There's always a source for humor.

With humor, it's so subjective that trying to think of what the ideal reader would think would drive you crazy.

People, not just reporters, are more interested in politics than in government, so the actual issues wouldn't be something that interested them.

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.

As far as I'm concerned, 'whom' is a word that was invented to make everyone sound like a butler.