Christopher Buckley Quotes

I was very involved in political satire, and I'd been writing parody for 'Mad' and 'National Lampoon,' so I made up some strange story about Gerald Ford.

My first two novels were very black comedies.

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.

The one that was most fun was That's My Bush; the part that I did for Comedy Central. That was a hoot. That was more fun that one should be allowed to have.

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

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

The satiric ethos of Mad was a much bigger childhood influence.

Rory Bremner I have no problem with; he is a satirist, and a very funny one, too.

What most readers do not realize is that it takes a particular genius to write funny, to satirize.

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.

There is a part of me that really just thinks it would be so funny to see the 'Veep' characters in 'Game of Thrones.'

The pun exists in a social and political void, caring nothing for the issues of its day, content merely to display itself in its small cleverness.

Why should I be feeling tension? It's The Daily Show.

Jane Austen is very amusing.

Whatever I write, no matter how gray or dark the subject matter, it's still going to be a comic novel.

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.

I like to write a lot of satire.

I just love Stephen Colbert. He's a genius.

I feel like comedy is important, and I think political satire can be really important.

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

There is no way I will survive Mike Pence doing Carpool Karaoke. What song's he gonna sing? 'I Deported Your Grandmother?'

When I first began to write fiction, I didn't think I was a comic writer; I thought I was a serious writer. I was surprised when the first novel I wrote was regarded as a funny novel.

No British TV company could ever make a series like 'The West Wing' about British politics. It would beggar credibility. No one could write it with a straight face, or perform it without giggling.

As a former writer for the 'National Lampoon,' I've probably contributed to the sea of sarcasm in which we live.