(21 quotes found)
“The parody is the last refuge of the frustrated writer. Parodies are what you write when you are associate editor of the Harvard Lampoon. The greater the work of literature, the easier the parody. The step up from writing parodies is writing on the w”
Ernest Hemingway
“I'm not being trite. I'm not being a parody of myself, and in finding a new kind of color to adopt for myself, it's not this or that: it's singer-songwriter, but it's also blues guitar player, it's also comedian.”
John Mayer
“Parody is homage gone sour.”
Brendan Gill
“He [Mick Jagger] moves like a parody between a majorette girl and Fred Astaire.”
Truman Capote
“To provide meaningful architecture is not to parody history but to articulate it.”
Daniel Libeskind
“It's more of a parody. We didn't start that way, but the way we write and think, it turns into a comedy,”
Edward Seymour
“There are a lot of guys out there who try to do parody,”
Jimmy Baron
“The goal here was to work almost a parody of war-time films. As the wrap moves closer toward its owner the water turns slowly red, which in many other films during a war would be blood, the shot is almost a cliche. So it's a surprise to discover the red is simply dye bleeding into the water. We added the gentle roll of the stream and the bleeding dye to reflect a peaceful resolution. It was important to get the rhythm just right. Slow, subtle, and tranquil.”
Danny Braet
“It's just milk, ... Believe me, we know parody is based on a serious topic. So we wanted to make sure that it was goofy enough so that people didn't get upset.”
Jeff Goodby
