I think satire is most effective when you love the thing…

I sometimes think humor and satire are more effective techniques for expressing social statements than direct comment.

— Kristin Hunter

If satire is to be effective, the audience must be aware of the thing satirized.

— Gore Vidal

The most successful satirist is that one who disturbs someones subconscious so as to make him think about something; otherwise his satire is akin…

— Mak_786

It's a challenge to do satire when the thing you're satirizing is almost beyond satire, but I think that's a challenge for everybody.

— Larry Wilmore

Politics is a thing that is kind of the same over and over and over again. But we have to find new ways of…

— Paul F. Tompkins

The most successful satirist is that one who shakes up and disturbs someones subconscious so as to make him think about something; otherwise his…

— Anonymous

The audiences like to think that satire is doing something. But, in fact, it is mostly to leave themselves satisfied. Satisfied rather than angry,…

— Tom Lehrer

I think satire is a luxury of literate middle-class people. People who are well fed and relatively secure in their beds can laugh at…

— Harold Ramis

People are just repeating mantras like, 'get Brexit done,' 'strong and stable,' 'dither and delay'. There must be a way of satirizing it, and…

— Roger Allam

I'm pleased because as a comic I live on the fringes of an extreme society. What could be better than satirizing this insanity. People…

— Eddie Pepitone

I think there's a fine, healthy tradition of, you know, the people on the fringes satirizing the process of Hollywood.

— Tim Heidecker

I think I would explode in flames of irony if I were to option an idea that I was satirizing in a novel.

— Jess Walter

Parodies are hard to do well, as is shown by the mediocrity of so many recent attempts. No matter how ripe a genre is…

— James Berardinelli

At 'The Daily Show,' we were satirizing a news program. You put somebody in a suit, you put 'em behind a desk, and they…

— Wyatt Cenac

Everybody should read 'Slaughterhouse-Five' by Kurt Vonnegut. This book is about the hypocrisy of war, told in satire, and is hard-hitting and truthful.

— Kalki Koechlin