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“But you do have to learn, if you want to be a satirist, you can't be part of the party. Meaning, you can't go horseback riding with Jackie O in Central Park if you're going to make a joke about her that night.”

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Author:Joan Rivers

“When Actions are a Censure upon themselves, the Reciter will always be consider'd as a Satirist.”

Action Censure Satirist

Book:The Female Quixote, Or, The Adventures of Arabella: In Two Volumes

Source: The Female Quixote, Or, The Adventures of Arabella: In Two Volumes

“There's so much hate that we direct externally that we forget we have our own psychos. But that's the role of the satirist - you have to examine your own country and say, look!”

Looks Country Hate Forget Roles Direct Psycho Satirist

Author:Carl Hiaasen

“A political satirist's job is to draw blood. I'm not so much interested in politics as I am in overthrowing the government.”

Government Jobs Political Blood Draws Satirist

Author:Mort Sahl

“I first adventure, follow me who list And be the second English satirist”

Firsts Adventure Lists Follow Me Satirist

Author:Joseph Hall

“Some critics of my work took the view that a satirist should defer to the finer feelings of his readers and respect widely held beliefs.”

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Book:Autobiography

Source: Autobiography

“The political satirist usually votes against their own interests, but the bottom line is that it doesn't really matter.”

Matter Political Interest Lines Vote Bottom Bottom Line Satirist

Author:Lizz Winstead

“Mr. Searle became a satirist, he once said, because ‘in the late '30s, things in general and politics in particular were no longer neatly divided into things black and white. On top of this,’ he added, ‘there was the irresistible impulse to draw. I cannot remember wanting to be anything else other than an artist.’”

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Author:Ronald Searle

“A satirist is a man whose flesh creeps so at the ugly and the savage and the incongruous aspects of society that he has to express them as brutally and nakedly as possible in order to get relief.”

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Book:Occasions and protests

Source: Occasions and protests

“Our most noted satirists are true columnists and their opinions can be worth more than any well-documented exposé.”

Wells Opinion Columnists Satirist

Author:Umberto Eco

“The satirist who writes nothing but satire should write but little - or it will seem that his satire springs rather from his own caustic nature than from the sins of the world in which he lives.”

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Book:An Autobiography: and Other Writings

Source: An Autobiography: and Other Writings

“I'm not really a political satirist. I don't kid myself. I'm more interested in doing the mannerisms and the personality.”

Children Kids Political Personality Satirist Mannerisms

Author:Rich Little

“It's funny because I think a lot of it is simply... We've never considered ourselves satirists, but because we're on Comedy Central and because we're South Park on Comedy Central, we can do any topic we want.”

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Author:Trey Parker

“It is said that truth comes from the mouths of fools and children: I wish every good mind which feels an inclination for satire would reflect that the finest satirist always has something of both in him.”

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Author:Georg C. Lichtenberg

“What arouses the indignation of the honest satirist is not, unless the man is a prig, the fact that people in positions of power or influence behave idiotically, or even that they behave wickedly. It is that they conspire successfully to impose upon the public a picture of themselves as so very sagacious, honest and well-intentioned.”

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Book:View from the West: Being the Third Volume of Autobiography

Source: View from the West: Being the Third Volume of Autobiography

“In a more intellectually rigorous age, I wouldn't be talked about as a satirist at all. I would just be a topical comedian.”

Age Comedian Satirist

Author:Rory Bremner

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