Exaggeration Quote by Tom Wolfe

Satire must not be a kind of superfluous ill will, but ill will from a higher point of view. Ridiculous man, divine God. Or…

— Paul Klee

satire is a wrapping of exaggeration around a core of reality.

— Barbara Tuchman

In a satire, you need foolishness.

— Shoojit Sircar

I'm uncomfortable with the word satire. In the U.K., there's quite a bit of sledgehammer weight to that word, which is the antithesis of…

— Jesse Armstrong

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 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

When satire is aimed at the powerless, it is not only cruel - it's vulgar.

— Molly Ivins

SATIRE, n. An obsolete kind of literary composition in which the vices and follies of the author's enemies were expounded with imperfect tenderness. In…

— Ambrose Bierce

It is difficult not to write satire.

— Juvenal

I'm crushed by the responsibility of writing a satirical book.

— Al Franken

Satire is traditionally the weapon of the powerless against the powerful. I only aim at the powerful. When satire is aimed at the powerless,…

— Molly Ivins

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

— Barry Humphries