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

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I learned more complex ways to manipulate the manipulators, to bring attention to issues about...

I learned more complex ways to manipulate the manipulators, to bring attention to issues about...

My challenge as a satirical artist is how to present ideas to people to enable...

My challenge as a satirical artist is how to present ideas to people to enable...

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

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

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

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

My art became very public.

My art became very public.

We function in a pack mentality. This is our tribe. And this is how we...

We function in a pack mentality. This is our tribe. And this is how we...

What do we believe? Why do we believe it?

What do we believe? Why do we believe it?

Most reporters who come to me get their stories directly from press releases. Very few...

Most reporters who come to me get their stories directly from press releases. Very few...

It is the fool who thinks he cannot be fooled.

It is the fool who thinks he cannot be fooled.

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

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

But my favorite work is always my next piece.

But my favorite work is always my next piece.

Any deviation is looked upon as a perversion, is feared, and is usually a target...

Any deviation is looked upon as a perversion, is feared, and is usually a target...

It would make life much easier if I could have total faith and not question...

It would make life much easier if I could have total faith and not question...

The media's job is to question a premise.

The media's job is to question a premise.

But I learned first-hand how the news media operates by watching how they interpreted, changed,...

But I learned first-hand how the news media operates by watching how they interpreted, changed,...

I've always been a fine artist.

I've always been a fine artist.