The satirical direction I have chosen is an indication of my disappointment in man, which is the opposite way of saying that I have high expectations for the human race. Jack Levine
You can't be satirical and not be offensive to somebody. Tom Lehrer
Orwell is almost our litmus test. Some of his satirical writing looks like reality these days. John Pilger
Well, I think that if you sincerely try to imagine what life is like for another person - not in a mocking way, not in a satirical way, but in a sincere, compassionate way - I don't think that's exploitive. Curtis Sittenfeld
In my opinion, Lenny Bruce was more of an influence on Zappa's satirical lyric's than anyone that I know of. Jimmy Carl Black
