Mark Katz Quotes

No one will ever accuse James Carville of taking himself seriously.

I'm a politician, and as you know, politicians are rarely very funny.

I know these jokes aren't great, ladies and gentlemen, see this is the problem you run into when you're between impeachments.

No politician would ever comment on a cartoon unless it was to show what a great sense of humour they have, that they can laugh at themselves.

British politics, as the world knows, is a joke. Yet it's rarely funny.

The White House is giving George W. Bush intelligence briefings. You know, some of these jokes just write themselves.

I don't consider myself a political comedian because it's so hard. It takes time away from me saying terrible things about TV.

Well, Mitt Romney is a very attractive comedic target. He's irresistible to me. I mean, seriously, I want to pay less attention to him.

Whoever's president I'm not going to be short on material.

We should all laugh more at our elected officials - it's good for us and good for them.

It's not hard to find Gerry Ford on a golf course - you just follow the wounded.

It's so funny that people think I actually ran for President. I am maybe the most un-political person you're ever going to meet. When I put "Elected" out, it was definitely a satire... "Alice Cooper for President"... when everybody realized I was running against Nixon, you known, even on a joke level, I think I got a lot of write-in votes.

I don't do a lot of political jokes. Too many are getting elected.

You can get rich making fun of me. I know. I've made lots of money making fun of me.

I've never really worked on them. Just once in a while one hits me and makes me laugh. My Al Gore was sort of like a gay Gomer Pyle.

I never wanted to do political satire because it seems too surface to me.

It's almost impossible to be funnier than the people in Washington.

It's easy being a humorist when you've got the whole government working for you.

What makes me laugh? Richard Nixon always made me laugh.

I don't really have funny things to say about politics. I wish I did, but I don't.

There are people on staff who have made that point, that the upside to a second Bush term is that it makes 'American Dad' work better. To me, the price is too high. I would gladly give up the comedy to have a President Kerry. But you work with what you have.

I learned that people are much more game to mock their own personas than you would think.

Satire is fascinating stuff. It's deadly serious, and when politics begin to break down, there is a drift towards satire, because it's the only thing that makes any sense.

Ross Perot. I could have had a ball with him.

For me, my party views don't advance my narrative. Until I can find a way to write political satire like my idols Christopher Buckley or P.J. O'Rourke, I'll simply say what team I play for and leave it at that.