“With good parody, you have to be smarter that the people you’re parodying.”
“If smart people are parodying it, that's a sure sign that some less smart people are believing it.”
“Satire is a lesson, parody is a game.”
“Is not parody the eternal lot of man?”
“A clever schoolboy's reaction to his reading is most naturally expressed by parody or imitation.”
“It is clear that the world is purely parodic, that each thing seen is the parody of another, or is the same thing in a deceptive form.”