Donkey Quote by Tom Tomorrow

But in terms of satire and comedy, our biggest and earliest influence was Mad magazine.

— Jerry Zucker

Television and comic books are, and continue to be, probably the biggest influence in my life. It's the biggest influence on everybody's life.

— Gene Simmons

The reason I wrote political satire was because I thought it - politics - was important... that public policy was important. Then I transitioned…

— Al Franken

I've always been a big fan of political and social satire.

— Camille Perri

So are you turning out like them? Do you still write and draw?" "yeah, but I don't do anything personnal or profound. My parents…

— Elizabeth Chandler

A literary influence is never just a literary influence. It's also an influence in the way you see everything - in the way you…

— Thom Gunn

Probably the biggest influence on me, strange though it may sound, was the 70s, a decade of invention. Growing up then had a huge…

— Vic Reeves

I was very influenced by comics. The drawing style, definitely, I was interested in. My style of drawing is largely a comic style, but…

— Raymond Pettibon

Looking at magazines and being someone who wanted to act, as a kid, I was very much influenced by things I saw.

— Barbie Ferreira

I got my style from a lot of different people, even my style of reading, even Johnny Carson inspired me.

— Patti Smith

The paintings by Van Gough and Chagall had a big influence on me.

— John Dyer

Creatively, most of my influences come from the literary world: Alice Walker, Toni Cade Bambara. Writers are my heroes.

— Dee Rees