Drama Quote by Stephen Gaghan

Satire is tragedy plus time.

— Lenny Bruce

Satire is dependent on strong beliefs, and on strong beliefs wounded.

— Anita Brookner

Satire is a weapon, and it can be quite cruel.

— Molly Ivins

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

Satire exists for the purpose of killing the social being [for the sake of] the true individual, the real human being.

— D. H. Lawrence

Talking about satire feels like death.

— Jesse Armstrong

Satire dramatizes better than any other use of it, the inherent contradiction of free speech that it functions best when what is being said…

— Tony Hendra

When you have satire, it has to be real. No matter how outrageous the comedy becomes, you have to believe in the characters.

— Kevin Kline

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

— Garry Trudeau

For even satire is a form of sympathy. It is the way our sympathy flows and recoils that really determines our lives. And here…

— D. H. Lawrence

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

Satire of satire tends to be self-canceling, and deliberate shock tactics soon lose their ability to shock, especially when they're too deliberate.

— Herb Caen