Hard Quote by Paul Beatty

I've never been much drawn towards satire of any kind. I don't like that style whereby you kind of stitch people up. But the…

— Geoff Dyer

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

In a satire, you need foolishness.

— Shoojit Sircar

I'm not satirical in a traditional way. What I do is more about creating caricatures and cartoons. I am commentating on the nature of…

— Alison Jackson

Satire is a sort of glass wherein beholders do generally discover everybody’s face but their own; which is the chief reason for that kind…

— Jonathan Swift

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

For a young and presumptuous poet a disposition to write satires is one of the most dangerous he can encourage. It tempts him to…

— Robert Southey

I don't think the nature of my poetry is satirical or even ironic, I think it's essentially lyrical but again I don't know if…

— Kenneth Koch

I think a playful critique is good for all of us, and that's basically how I see satire functioning. But I'm not interested in…

— Jennifer Egan

Satire is a kind of poetry in which human vices are reprehended.

— John Dryden

Satire is fascinating stuff. It's deadly serious, and when politics begin to break down, there is a drift towards satire, because it's the only…

— Ben Nicholson