Quotes

It is the fool who thinks he cannot be fooled.

Any journalist worth his or her salt wouldn't trust me.

If I'm successful in fooling a wire service, I don't really have to do anything else to promote the story.

Any deviation is looked upon as a perversion, is feared, and is usually a target of hatred or prejudice.

I learned more complex way to manipulate the manipulators, to bring attention to issues about which I felt passionate.

I've always been a fine artist.

It would make life so much easier if I could have total faith and not question everything all the time, but I can't do it and I won't do it.

My challenge as a satirical artist is how to present ideas to people to enable them to question and reexamine their beliefs. My hope is, that my work provokes people to look at things in a new way.

We function in a pack mentality. This is our tribe. And this is how we are exploited-sold a bill of goods and a household of products.

Most important to any fake story is a plausible, realistic edge with a satirical twist that is topical.

What do we believe? Why do we believe it?

When I create a false reality, I always try to create a plausible structure to help convince people.

Most reporters who come to me to get their stories directly from press releases. Very few do what one would consider to be their professional duty.

The media's job is to question a premise.

Most reporters who come to me get their stories directly from press releases. Very few do what one would consider to be their professional duty.

My favorite work is always my next piece.

I learned first-hand how the news media operates by watching how they interpreted, changed, and misrepresented my intentions.