Anger Quote by Art Buchwald

I don't want to just spend my life ridiculing something that I find ridiculous, although there is an element of satire in my work.

— David Shrigley

If you have to explain satire to someone, you might as well give up.

— Barry Humphries

The purpose of satire has been rightly stated as to strip off the veneer of comforting illusion and cosy half truth, and our job,…

— Michael Flanders

Satire works best when it hews close to the line between the outlandish and the possible - and as that line continues to grow…

— Graydon Carter

It is difficult not to write satire.

— Juvenal

Life serves up satire. Unfortunately. Or fortunately. I don't know. You have to reel it in to drama.

— Stephen Gaghan

Satire is a form of social control, it's what you do. It's not personal. It's a job.

— Garry Trudeau

Through my satire I make little people so big that afterwards they are worthy objects of my satire and no one can reproach me…

— Karl Kraus

I write for fun. I had written a kind of media satire, but I doubt it will see the light of day. It was…

— Michael Hastings

I think I will be just fine without your satires. They mock my progress.

— Crosby Kwaw

I don't know that you can do it as a satire. I mean, the business is crazy enough as it is. It's like doing…

— Barry Levinson

Satire is tragedy plus time. You give it enough time, the public, the reviewers will allow you to satirize it. Which is rather ridiculous,…

— Lenny Bruce