“Satire well applied, is the medicine of the mind.”
“There are two kinds of humor. One kind that makes us chuckle about our foibles and our shared humanity -- like what Garrison Keillor does. The other kind holds people up to public contempt and ridicule -- that's what I do. Satire is traditionally the weapon of the powerless against the powerful. I only aim at the powerful. When satire is aimed at the powerless, it is not only cruel -- it's vulgar.”
“Political satire became obsolete when Henry Kissinger was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.”
“A good satirist never pauses to worry about angering the citizenry.”
“Men are more satirical from vanity than from malice.”
“La satire ment sur les gens de lettres pendant leur vie, et l'éloge ment après leur mort.”
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