H. L. Mencken Quotes

Satire is a lesson, parody is a game.

I eventually saw the satirical nature of caricaturing individuals.

Satire's nature is to be one-sided, contemptuous of ambiguity, and so unfairly selective as to find in the purity of ridicule an inarguable moral truth.

As long as it's not an easy, outdated stereotype and it comes from an interesting or emotionally driven place, then anyone can be made fun of.

The thing about Donald [Trump] is the jokes write themselves. I don't even think of it to be trolling. What he says is the joke.

We reserve the right to make fun of every single person on planet Earth.

Think of something to make the ridiculous look ridiculous.

Satire is what closes on Saturday night.

Satire is focused bitterness.

Everything can be satirized.

Satire is, by definition, offensive. It is meant to make us feel uncomfortable. It is meant to make us scratch our heads, think, do a double-take, and then think again.

I see parody as another form of comedy.

The show is a satire, which gives us freedom to do anything we want. Satire is the magic word that wipes away any culpability. The media is jealous of this freedom.

Satire also allows you to make fun of every different aspect. It allows you to make fun of both sides. It allows you to make fun of everything, really, so you can do it in a harmless way.

Cartoons are ridicule and satire by definition. A negative attitude is the nature of the art.

Satire can always be found everywhere. A people without love for satire is a dead people.

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

The whole character of Super Dave is a takeoff on people who pontificate. So one thing I never want to do is pontificate why this works, why this is funny. I have no idea what the appeal is. All we are trying to do is make people have a good time and laugh.

I'm a satirist, so I've got boxing gloves on if the person is worthy of satire. But I'm not an assassin.

We've got to stop this making fun of guys. I think part of it's to protect [Barack] Obama, because he's the one that's well known for that.

The most serious parody I have ever heard was this: In the beginning was nonsense, and the nonsense was with God, and the nonsense was God.

Is not parody the eternal lot of man?

Through my satire I make little people so big that afterwards they are worthy objects of my satire and no one can reproach me any longer.

That's sort of what I wanted to make fun of a little bit with Don Jon. And I think oftentimes, if you're going to talk about a sort of substantial topic like this, the best way to do it is with a sense of humor.