Eric Bogosian

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

“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.”

“This country is turning into a casino.”

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

“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.”

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

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

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

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

“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.”

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

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

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

“Fear is a powerful motivator.”