Neal Adams Quotes

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

I used to love comic books, and I love American comedy, and neither are afraid to tackle big themes.

Anybody who knows me knows I would never read a comic book. And I certainly would never read anything written by Kevin Smith.

I think jokes can actually go to places that drama can't.

Satire can always be found everywhere. A people without love for satire is a dead people.

'S.N.L.' has become what it was always trying to make fun of. It's become this big machine. I don't want to be plugged into a machine.

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

Comedy can do so much more than make you laugh.

What sitcom's brilliant at is identifying a social movement or type and skewering it.

Stand-up and comedy is the place where we are supposed to be able to make fun of all of the world's ills.

But you do have to learn, if you want to be a satirist, you can't be part of the party. Meaning, you can't go horseback riding with Jackie O in Central Park if you're going to make a joke about her that night.

My greatest thrill was the day Mad magazine spoofed 'Ghost.'

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

I think you can tell the human condition better through comedy.

Comedy is simply a funny way of being serious.

Comedy is a reflection. We create nothing. We set no styles, no standards. We're reflections. It's a distorted mirror in the fun house. We watch society. As society behaves, then we have the ability to make fun of it.

'American Dad' is, by its nature, much more political.

No subject is unsuitable for comedy.

Satire is a lesson, parody is a game.

I'm a plethora of stolen jokes and kitschy references.

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

With anything you put out there, you're going to offend somebody, but most people get that it's a joke, that I'm playing a character, and that I'm actually making fun of what I'm saying by saying it.

It's all been satirized for your protection.

There's always a message in my comedy.

Comedy is a very rough beat. It's no holds barred, as it should be.