I'm crushed by the responsibility of writing a satirical book.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I like to write a lot of satire.
There is no place for a person like me in a world that only takes itself seriously. Satire is so necessary but fairly ineffective.
It is difficult not to write satire.
I love the satire and skewering of comedy writing.
Satire is a weapon, and it can be quite cruel.
The reason I wrote political satire was because I thought it - politics - was important... that public policy was important. Then I transitioned into books, then into radio.
By the very nature of satire or parody, you have to love and respect your target and respect it enough to understand every aspect of it, so you can more effectively make fun of it.
I think that the idea that I'm writing for many more people than I ever imagined has created a certain general responsibility that is literary and political. There's even pride involved, in not wanting to fall short of what I did before.
If you write satire, the guilty pleasure these days is that there's just so much material about. On the other hand, if you have a family it can be depressing.
I never see myself as writing satire. I think I write about people as they really are, without making them better or worse.