Satirical Quotes

There is no doubt I am aging. My format of comedy is still the same as ever. I gravitate toward scripts that put me in an untenable position. Then the rest of the picture is spent in trying to squirm out of it. Naturally, I always get the girl in the end. It may appear old-fashioned. There seems to be a trend toward satirical comedy, like The Apartment (1960). Perhaps it is because young writers today feel satirical living in a world that seems headed for destruction. (1961)

I am interested, too, in satirical theater, in the grotesque, or even in tragedy at times, but I am mostly comfortable with comedy.

American Splendor... that`s a satirical name. People who would look at it wouldn`t think my life was splendid at all. They`d think it was kind of funky.

I eventually saw the satirical nature of caricaturing individuals.

Orwell is almost our litmus test. Some of his satirical writing looks like reality these days.

Cartooning has come a long way. It started out as an adult medium, for satirical purposes; then the appeal to children got emphasized.

Most important to any fake story is a plausible, realistic edge with a satirical twist that is topical.

My challenge as a satirical artist is how to present ideas to people to enable them to question and reexamine their beliefs. My hope is, that my work provokes people to look at things in a new way.