I never see myself as writing satire. I think I write about people as they really are, without making them better or worse.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Satire is people as they are; romanticism, people as they would like to be; realism, people as they seem with their insides left out.
There is no place for a person like me in a world that only takes itself seriously. Satire is so necessary but fairly ineffective.
Satire is tragedy plus time. You give it enough time, the public, the reviewers will allow you to satirize it. Which is rather ridiculous, when you think about it.
I've never been much drawn towards satire of any kind.
I try and write satire that's well-intentioned. But those intentions have to be hidden. It can't be completely clear, and that's what makes it comedy.
Satire is a sort of glass, wherein beholders do generally discover everybody's face but their own.
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.
Good satire comes from anger. It comes from a sense of injustice, that there are wrongs in the world that need to be fixed. And what better place to get that well of venom and outrage boiling than a newsroom, because you're on the front lines.
I like to write a lot of satire.
It is difficult not to write satire.