Robin McKinley Quotes

We make fun of our leaders.

Think of something to make the ridiculous look ridiculous.

Fools are my theme, let satire be my song.

Everything can be satirized.

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.

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.

If you're going to get into social criticism with absurdity and satire, you can't be politically correct when you do that.

If nothing is serious anymore, then there's nothing to satirize.

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

It is difficult not to write satire.

Satire is tragedy plus time. You give it enough time, the public, the reviewers will allow you to satirize it. Which is rather ridiculous, when you think about it.

I think a lot of the time you just parody yourself.

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

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.

In a satire, you need foolishness.

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

Comedy actually works best when you're living in an OK world, and you are pointing out the hypocrisy in apathy.

A lot of French comedy is satire.

The common thread of my comedy shows is conflict and, I guess, the frustration of people who either argue with you or just say stuff which is blatantly incorrect, and nobody calls them out on it.

There are two ways of dealing with nonsense in this world. One way is to put nonsense in the right place; as when people put nonsense into nursery rhymes. The other is to put nonsense in the wrong place; as when they put it into educational addresses, psychological criticisms, and complaints against nursery rhymes or other normal amusements of mankind.

Satire does not look pretty upon a tombstone.

Why are stamps adorned with kings and presidents? That we may lick their hinder parts and thump their heads.

Elvis has left the building to climb up that heavenly stair. So what if he looks like a wart-hog in heat?

Ridicule is the unfortunate destiny of the ridiculous.

I love President Bush. I think it's great we have a president who always looks like he's looking directly into the sun.