Analysts Quote by Daniel Handler

Irony is a great tool to deal with things. It's an intellectualization, a way to go above things, which can work.

— Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu

Sometimes I think that no situation actually fits the technical definition of irony, and that the word just sort of hangs out in the…

— Mike Duncan

Irony is the form of paradox. Paradox is what is good and great at the same time.

— Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel

I have wit in my work and a sense of humor, but I do not use irony in any way

— John Zorn

Irony is a qualification of subjectivity.

— Soren Kierkegaard

I feel that there's hardly any irony in my work; if there's anything, there'll be sincerity, which people sometimes find hard to deal with.

— Patricia Piccinini

Irony can elude the genius among us, sometimes.

— Berkeley Breathed

I don't embrace irony, but I do think it's a pre-existing condition; we manage it as best we can.

— Fred Tomaselli

I am someone who takes everything very literally. I simply do not understand irony, a defect I have had ever since I was able…

— Werner Herzog

Irony gives us, at little expense, the impression that we are experienced psychologists.

— Gaston Bachelard

Don’t underestimate the value of irony—it is extremely valuable.

— Henry James

There are elements of irony in my work, of course.

— Martin Parr