Quotes About Satire

I quite like dark humor.

'The Daily Show,' which was created by women, Lizz Winstead and Madeleine Smithberg, has earned quite a bit of ink for the fact that it's written mostly by men.

The satirical direction I have chosen is an indication of my disappointment in man, which is the opposite way of saying that I have high expectations for the human race.

I am never honored. My career is hilarious to me. I am either under the radar or over the radar.

The first show I worked on was 'In Living Color.' I think 'The Daily Show' was the culmination of having that point of view - being able to look at this third rail in our society.

Earnestness makes British people gag.

There is a part of me that really just thinks it would be so funny to see the 'Veep' characters in 'Game of Thrones.'

Among politicians, I would say Sonia Gandhi is not exactly a cartoonist's delight.

I'm really into 'Veep.' I think that the showrunner Armando Iannucci is a genius.

If I ever try to get married again, shoot me.

A good comedian can make serious political points while also having a giggle.

Furious protesters don't come after you for jokes at the expense of people; they come after you for jokes at the expense of their gods.

I don't want to sound disingenuous here - controversy is obviously good for business, especially if your business is satire. And it does amplify the discussion - in my view, a good thing.

A joke is an epigram on the death of a feeling.

The wittiest authors raise the very slightest of smiles.

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We should call every truth false which was not accompanied by at least one laugh.

I won two Golden Globes, and there was a long, long period in between the wins. That might be explained by the fact that when I first won the award, for '3rd Rock on the Sun,' I satirically compared aliens on the show to the Foreign Press Association. And they did not take that well.

When I first started out, 'Time' magazine did an article on what it called 'the sick comics,' and they were myself, Shelley Berman, Nichols & May, Jonathan Winters, Lenny Bruce, and Mort Sahl. We were considered 'sick.'

Irreverence is easy - what's hard is wit.

Wit is the lowest form of humor.

His foe was folly and his weapon wit.

The wit makes fun of other persons; the satirist makes fun of the world; the humorist makes fun of himself, but in so doing, he identifies himself with people - that is, people everywhere, not for the purpose of taking them apart, but simply revealing their true nature.

Comedy comes with a bit of sarcasm, wit and edginess.