I think the satirist is always basically optimistic. The satirist's complaint about society is always that it doesn't measure up to a fairly high ideal he has. I think that even the bitterest satirist, even a man like Swift, was probably rather an optimist at heart.


Interview, Feb 3 1964, reproduced in Talks With Authors, ed. Charles F. Madden

John Dos Passos Quotes

I think the satirist is always basically optimistic. The satirist's complaint about society is always that it doesn't measure up to a fairly high...

I think the satirist is always basically optimistic. The satirist's complaint about society is always that it doesn't measure up to a fairly high...

I think the satirist is always basically optimistic. The satirist's complaint about society is always that it doesn't measure up to a fairly high...

I think the satirist is always basically optimistic. The satirist's complaint about society is always that it doesn't measure up to a fairly high...