43 Quotes by Eric Bogosian

It's my duty as a human being to be pissed off

And I thought, That pretty much sums it up. Meatballs, man. Like what’s the karma in a meatball? Only humans make balls out of other animals. Like when you’re in kindergarten and you’re coloring in your coloring book: What does the doggy say? “Bowwow!” What does the kitty say? “Meeoww!” What does the moocow say? “AARRGGGHHHHHH!!!!!!

I don't know anybody who does what I do. I'm very underground.

If you say city to people, people have no problem thinking of the city as rife with problematic, screwed-up people, but if you say suburbs - and I'm not the first person to say this, it's been said over and over again in literature - there's a sense of normalcy.

I know that I'm inadequate, but I never thought that at seventeen. I thought I was doing the best I could. I thought I was being idealistic.

As soon as the dirt is hitting the casket, it'll all be forgotten.

I provide the bricks and mortar with the words and situations - the director and the actors and the designers build the house.

I'm not a light-hearted person, so I can't think light-hearted at work.

If all I ever wrote about was inner city freaks, I think it would be dishonest.