Adrian Tomine Quotes

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 had several different bosses during the early years of 'Dilbert.' They were all pretty sure I was mocking someone else.

I think Dilbert is actually a radical strip.

From the moment I picked your book up until I laid it down, I was convulsed with laughter. Someday I intend reading it.

When I write 'Beetle Bailey,' I can always do jokes about him being lazy, and everyone gets it.

I hated 'Avatar' from the jump. And I like James Cameron. I'm not opposed to James Cameron.

I thought that through the strip, I could vent my spleen and be funny at the same time. But when it comes to humor, there's no substitute for reality and politicians.

I've never been much drawn towards satire of any kind.

A lot of French comedy is satire.

I hate comedy. I don't even like comedy at all.

Comedy can be destructive, and still very, very funny. But if I can do something that is fun to watch and critical of the world but not wantonly destructive, I pursue those kinds of ideas more. The world needs less destruction. And destruction is kind of “easy,” too.

Satire is tragedy plus time.

Satire is moral outrage transformed into comic art.

By rights, satire is a lonely and introspective occupation, for nobody can describe a fool to the life without much patient self-inspection.

It's always harder satirize what you like rather than what you dislike.

It was very serious and I wanted to do something really different so there was this comedy called TOP SECRET.

Comedy is a socially acceptable form of hostility and aggression. That is what comics do, stand the world upside down.

I go in for what is known in the trade as 'light writing' and those who do that - humorists they are sometimes called - are looked down upon by the intelligentsia and sneered at.

Comedy is not supposed to be funny. Its supposed to tell the truth and then that's funny.

It is a challenge. When you do things that are comedy, you're having to look at the funnier side of life. Often I find Christians - but not just Christians, (any) people who have a certain core belief of things - don't like to have fun made of them at all.

As a comedian, I think we all look for those areas where the truth diverts from what people are saying. That's why politics is such a rich area for us, because politicians make promises, and they don't keep them, and when we point out the difference, we get the laugh.

You can get away with saying much more with humor than you can with a straight face.

You see, that is the sad, sorry, terrible thing about sarcasm. It's really funny.

You know, I might miss some of your witticisms when you’re gone, but one thing I won’t miss? Your overwhelming sense of melodrama and despair. It’s too much even for me.

It's a dangerous game that comedy plays. Sometimes it tells you the truth; sometimes it delays it.