A fondness for satire indicates a mind pleased with irritating others; for myself, I never could find amusement in killing flies.
Among the writers of antiquity there are none who instruct us more openly in the manners of their respective times in which they lived than those who have employed themselves in satire, under whatever dress it may appear.
Verse satire indeed is entirely our own.
Satire is dependent on strong beliefs, and on strong beliefs wounded.
All the satires of the stage should be viewed without discomfort. They are public mirrors, where we are never to admit that we seeourselves; one admits to a fault when one is scandalized by its censure.
Hopefully we have a slightly different vibe, but also East Side is where a lot young people live. It is a really fun, trendy, funky neighborhood, and it is ripe for satire, that area specifically.
We're never going to be the ultimate-insider look. You can do 50 insider looks at this Hollywood business, and the satire didn't intrigue me. I think others can do that.
I mean, sometimes we do do that, The National Anthem was a caustic satire and sometimes that's the way to go with the story rather than me being particularly misanthropic.
Satire is the disease of art.
The moment you declare a set of ideas to be immune from criticism, satire, derision, or contempt, freedom of thought becomes impossible.
When scandal has new-minted an old lie, Or tax'd invention for a fresh supply, 'Tis call'd a satire, and the world appears Gathering around it with erected ears; A thousand names are toss'd into the crowd, Some whisper'd softly, and some twang'd aloud, Just as the sapience of an author's brain, Suggests it safe or dangerous to be plain.
If you have to explain satire to someone, you might as well give up.
If you write satire, the guilty pleasure these days is that there's just so much material about. On the other hand, if you have a family it can be depressing.
How do we get a pantomime cow on set. Jeez, the rigours of satire.
In my youth I thought of writing a satire on mankind! but now in my age I think I should write an apology for them.
When you have satire, it has to be real. No matter how outrageous the comedy becomes, you have to believe in the characters.
If satire is to be effective, the audience must be aware of the thing satirized.
Praise to the undeserving is severe satire.
satire is a wrapping of exaggeration around a core of reality.
When dunces are satiric, I take it for a panegyric.