"I never eat in a restaurant that's over a hundred feet off the ground and won't stand still."
"I suppose that there are endeavors in which self-confidence is even more important than it is in writing -- tightrope walking comes immediately to mind -- but it's difficult for me to think of anybody producing much writing if his confidence is completely shot."
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Source: Calvin Trillin (1988). “If you can't say something nice”, Penguin Group USA
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