Shoojit Sircar Quotes

Everything can be satirized.

It is difficult not to write satire.

I like to write a lot of satire.

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

Fools are my theme, let satire be my song.

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

But in terms of satire and comedy, our biggest and earliest influence was Mad magazine.

I think satire is most effective when you love the thing you're satirizing rather than... have a vendetta against it.

Mike Judge is my Jonathan Swift, and I say that because I don't know any other satirists. But the problem with satire is that it's so easily misinterpreted.

I see the absurdity in things, and I think it's my job to point it out.

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

A lot of French comedy is satire.

It's a challenge to do satire when the thing you're satirizing is almost beyond satire, but I think that's a challenge for everybody.

Humor distorts nothing, and only false gods are laughed off their earthly pedestals.

Satire is focused bitterness.

No subject is unsuitable for comedy.

Satire is a lesson, parody is a game.

A sitcom isn't usually the right tool for satire.

It's all been satirized for your protection.

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.

The satirist shoots to kill while the humorist brings his prey back alive and eventually releases him again for another chance.

Comedy is a great weapon of attack. It's not a great weapon of support.

I didn't necessarily set out to think of a show to make fun of reality shows.

I've always been very upfront about the way I write, and I've always used the tools humorists use, such as exaggeration.

I haven't watched 'Mad TV' a lot, but I have seen some stuff on there that is truly funny. You have to have some sort of attitude toward the subject, and they seem to have it. It depends on how much blood you want to draw.