“It's a mental fake-out to myself. I make believe I'm making a new show so I forget the material I was working on and make up some fresh material.” PeopleBelieveShowsForgetMaterialsMental IllnessFakeFake PeopleMake Believe Author:Eric Bogosian
“For a long time, my shows were about people walking out or about getting my gigs canceled or having the presenter not wanting to pay me.” PeopleLongShowsPayWalkingLong TimeGigsWalking OutPresenter Author:Eric Bogosian
“I do write about people who are complex and are striving with something and can't quite get past their own stuff, which would be a proxy for myself because that's what the deal is with me.” PeopleWritingWould BePastStuffDealsComplexesStriveProxy Author:Eric Bogosian
“I write for an audience that likes what I like, reads what I read, thinks about the things I think about. In many ways, this puts me in opposition to the people who go to the theater generally.” PeopleThinkingWayWritingAudienceTheaterLikesOpposition Author:Eric Bogosian
“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.” PeopleIfsThinkingFirstsPersonsSaidProblemLiteratureCitiesNo ProblemFirst PersonSuburbsScrewed UpNormalcy Author:Eric Bogosian
