Quote by Anna Chlumsky

In order to satirize adequately, I think you need to bring people down to Earth and be like, 'Yeah, these people drink coffee and have tummy troubles and they go to the bathroom like anybody else, and they all have relationship problems, if they even have relationships.'

In order to satirize adequately, I think you need to bring p

Summary

This quote highlights the essence of effective satire, suggesting that to satirize something or someone effectively, it is necessary to depict them as flawed human beings with relatable everyday experiences. By doing so, the satirist brings them down to Earth and exposes their vulnerabilities. The quote also emphasizes the universality of struggles, such as drinking coffee, health issues, using the bathroom, and relationship problems, which helps to reveal the commonality and sometimes absurdity of these experiences, making them ripe for satirical commentary.

By Anna Chlumsky

Liked the quote? Share it with your friends.

Random Quotations

Audacity augments courage; hesitation, fear.

Audacity augments courage; hesitation, fear.

Publilius Syrus

Risk

Was joy created always to live under that threat? Always def

Was joy created always to live under that threat? Always defenseless to those who would rather be miserable than have their self will be crossed? Can you really have thought that love and joy would always be at the mercy of frowns and sighs?The demand of the loveless; that they should be allowed to blackmail the universe; that til they consent to be happy-on their own terms- no one else shall taste joy; that theirs should be the final power; that Hell should be able to VETO HEAVEN?

Life Heaven Sin Joy

A free economy is as essential to society as democratic poli

A free economy is as essential to society as democratic political institutions. A strong market-based economy is the fertile ground for democratic freedoms that we think are important.

Society

We are all members of a single humanity, inside our hearts w

We are all members of a single humanity, inside our hearts we all speak the same language, we all love our children and our parents, we all live in the same world.

Marc Forne Molne

Love Language

You do not know our culture, our ethics, or the unwritten co

You do not know our culture, our ethics, or the unwritten codes that already provide our society more order than could be obtained by any of your impositions.

John Perry Barlow

Society

The reason is that they define how I have gone about my busi

The reason is that they define how I have gone about my business. I have trusted to intuition. I did it at the beginning. I do it even now. I have no idea how things might turn out, where in my writing I might go next.

Business

In wine there is truth

In wine there is truth

Truth

I don't put anything in front of taking ski racing and sport

I don't put anything in front of taking ski racing and sports seriously.

Sports

There are two things which cannot be attacked in front: igno

There are two things which cannot be attacked in front: ignorance and narrow-mindedness. They can only be shaken by the simple development of the contrary qualities. They will not bear discussion.

Lord (John Emerich Edward Dalber

Ignorance & Stupidity

First thing every morning before you arise say out loud, I b

First thing every morning before you arise say out loud, I believe, three times.

Norman Vincent Peale

Belief

An obstacle is something you see when you take your eyes off

An obstacle is something you see when you take your eyes off the goals you are trying to reach.

Difficulty

The sky was the yellow color of old cheese and the clouds fl

The sky was the yellow color of old cheese and the clouds flew across it, as if they had seen something horrifying in the desert wastes where they had so lately been.

Landscape Sky