Well, the real Eric Bogosian is pretty self-conscious of himself.

The world intrudes in my brain daily. Since my brain is dripping with all kinds of stuff that's out there in the world, that I can't seem to be able to shut out, it has to end up being in my work as well.

Christ for the world, for the world needs Christ!

I am persecuted because of my writings, I think, therefore, that I should write some more.

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.

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.