Salman Rushdie Quotes

There's no trick to being a humorist when you have the whole government working for you.

Humor is a powerful tool, and some of these politicians are so far out and easy to lampoon. They just provide such delicious opportunity.

Editorial pages all say, 'Well, the other guy has a point, too. It remains to be seen how this will come out. We certainly hope it comes out fine; blah, blah.' Cartoonists don't go that way. Our job is to stick out our tongues, to show a big raspberry to whatever pompous jerk happens to be mouthing off.

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.

From my experience, politicians are much more uncomfortable being made fun of than they are being preached at and screeched at - you know, and the soapbox routine. They're much more uneasy knowing they're a target of ridicule.

I've spent my entire career being a satirist.

Stand-up comedy and comedy in general is the ultimate form of free speech, because you get to poke holes in all the pretentious bubbles politicians and pundits and popes and pretenders try to float over our heads.

We all joke about Bush. You go to a meeting and just say “Bush” and everyone will laugh.

I've been making fun of Donald Trump - we all have - for 10 years, and just bringing up his name... I mean, even if you're supportive of Donald Trump, there's still a lot to make fun of.

I am shocked that both the Congress and SAD make fun of comedians.

I remain just one thing, and one thing only, and that is a clown. It places me on a far higher plane than any politician.

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

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

When I did 'Bremner, Bird and Fortune' I think it was accepted that comedians can contest the arguments just as well as journalists.

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.

It's always fun to put fake celebrities in unlikely situations, but somehow it's even more fun when politicians are involved.

I like to write a lot of satire.

Bad times for the Republic are great times for satire.

I never met a politician that I couldn’t take a poke at.

There is nothing more frightening to a political satirist than an honest administration.

As satirists, we get to stand on the sidelines of life and comment on what's happening.

Comedians are obsessed with justice and the truth.

I think that humor has become a principle means of communication among Americans about politics.

We make fun of our leaders.

It's dangerous talking about comedy; it gets to be very tedious and presumptuous.