Eric Bogosian

“I'm a work in progress. I'm trying to be a better person.”

“The best way to get a good part is to write it for yourself.”

“I've found that all weak people share a basic obsession: they fixate on the idea of satisfaction. It's the most tiresome quality in the world.”

“I saw the Ramones, I saw the Sex Pistols, I saw the Clash, I saw the Talking Heads. I saw all the original punk bands.”

“I think that there's a tradition of American writers who are mavericks, who are not part of the literary establishment.”

“Writers are in the entertainment business. I am not a journalist.”

“This country is turning into a casino.”

“My particular thing is that I create characters and then I'm in them.”

“If you're going to make a 'deal with the devil,' you'd better be the devil.”

“I'm interested in the dark side of the American dream.”

“Ultimately, my life is my work, and my work is my life. I don't really have a distinction between the two.”

“What I would like to do is to leave behind a body of work that will be of interest to people long after I'm gone.”

“I think you have to be very careful with effects that are brilliantly extravagant. I have a horror of them.”

“When I was a kid I would write songs, and I was a big fan of Bob Dylan.”

“I don't think of myself as a 'celebrity.' I'm a working actor.”

“I have a basic existentialist sensibility. I'm a nihilist.”

“I am not interested in making didactic polemics. I'm not a polemicist.”

“Fear is a powerful motivator.”

“People are complicated. There's a lot of different sides to everybody.”

“I'm always looking for a new challenge. I'm not a person who can do the same thing every day.”