Satire Quotes
On wit, critique, and the craft of satire.
These satire quotes draw a clear line between satire as lesson and parody as game, treating the form as something with real purpose. See our Ability quotes for related craft reflections.
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All satire is blind to the forces liberated by decay. Which is why total decay has absorbed the forces of satire.
Ability Quotes
'Post 9/11 Blues' is an observational satire about the surreal circus of fear at that time. It's a generational thing.
Against Quotes
I wrote an ITV drama in the 1960s, a satire on management theory that starred Leonard Rossiter. I'm also a poet and have had work in the 'Spectator.'
Paul Verhoeven is one of my favourite directors. I love his ability to mash extreme violence with humour and satire.
Always Quotes
Satire is a sort of glass, wherein beholders do generally discover everybody's face but their own.
I like the George Romero films, which were really great, social satire movies; really twisted.
But in terms of satire and comedy, our biggest and earliest influence was Mad magazine.
Occasionally, the horrors of life in North Korea do show up in our American satire.
Satire of satire tends to be self-canceling, and deliberate shock tactics soon lose their ability to shock, especially when they're too deliberate.
