Quotes About Satire

I knew I was going to go into the field and make fun of people to their faces. I knew what I was getting into.

Campy films almost create real-life cartoons.

The fine line that you do when you do political comedy is, as long as you have that laugh, you're fine.

If I have a passion for anything, it's more the truth than politics, and I think that's what got me interested in comedy in the first place, because the best comedy is the truth. People recognize that.

It's important for me to get close to Sarah Huckabee Sanders and actually fix her makeup.

The first novel I wrote, 'The White House Mess,' was a comic novel. It came out in 1986. It was a parody in the form of a White House memoir.

I've skewered whites, blacks, Hispanics, Christians, Jews, Muslims, gays, straights, rednecks, addicts, the elderly, and my wife. As a standup comic, it is my job to make sure the majority of people laugh, and I believe that comedy is the last true form of free speech.

What am I responsible for? Who am I responsible to? Everybody? How come when Archie Bunker nailed everybody, it was funny - but when I do it, it's not?

Smartphones. Who cares? Smartphones. I only have dummy phones.

Most humor comes from truth. In the end, if I can laugh about it, who cares?

The Toothbrush mustache is the most powerful configuration of facial hair the world has ever known. It overpowers whoever touches it. By merely doodling a Toothbrush mustache on a poster, you make a political statement.

'Saturday Night Live' has always been, you know, non-partisan - whoever's in power should probably be challenged.

I think all comedy has victims, really. Even if it's not a victim that appears on camera, usually there's a victim. If it's political comedy, if you're talking about the president or whoever, there's a victim there.

I've still got a bit of angst about campaigning for a particular party. I want to write jokes about whoever I want without toeing a party line.

Whatever is going on in the news and whoever is in the spotlight is up for grabs and fodder for satire.

I like Jon Stewart. He's not as obnoxious as Dennis Miller, whom I really can't stand.

The fictional character with whom I most profoundly identified was Yossarian in Catch-22. Always did, still do.

You must realize that honorary degrees are given generally to people whose SAT scores were too low to get them into schools the regular way. As a matter of fact, it was my SAT scores that led me into my present vocation in life, comedy.

'The Dictator' lands somewhere between wan Mel Brooks and good Adam Sandler, whose 'You Don't Mess With the Zohan,' about an Israeli Special Forces soldier at a hair salon, manages to strike better contrasts with vaguely similar culture differences - it's a nuttier movie, too.

Why is it there are so many more horses' asses than there are horses?

A lot of people say to me, 'Why did you kill Christ?' I dunno, it was one of those parties, got out of hand, you know.

Tonight the city is full of morgues, and all the toilets are overflowing. There's shopping malls coming out of the walls, as we walk out among the manure. That's why I pay no mind.

Why do we laugh at such terrible things? Because comedy is often the sarcastic realization of inescapable tragedy.

Rather than setting yourself a New Year's resolution, why not simply pick a reason for hating yourself for the next 365 days? Takes less time, and it's easier to stick to.