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Harvey Pekar quotes: Everybody's like everybody else, and everybody's different from everybody else.

Everybody's like everybody else, and everybody's different from everybody else.

Harvey Pekar quotes: I decided I was going to tell these stories. I went around and met Crumb. He was the cartoonist. I started realizing comics weren't just kid stuff.

I decided I was going to tell these stories. I went around and met Crumb. He was the cartoonist. I started realizing comics weren't just kid stuff.

Harvey Pekar quotes: I think that the so-called average person often exhibits a great deal of heroism in getting through an ordinary day ...

I think that the so-called average person often exhibits a great deal of heroism in getting through an ordinary day ...

Harvey Pekar quotes: I've probably had my day in the sun. I think I've influenced a lot of comic book writers.

I've probably had my day in the sun. I think I've influenced a lot of comic book writers.

Harvey Pekar quotes: I really don't have a lot in common with the people who attend the Comic Con. It's like assuming that all people who write prose are the same.

I really don't have a lot in common with the people who attend the Comic Con. It's like assuming that all people who write prose are the same.

Harvey Pekar quotes: I don't understand how an adult can write those last two sentences and not want to kill themselves for being so despicable.

I don't understand how an adult can write those last two sentences and not want to kill themselves for being so despicable.

Harvey Pekar quotes: I thought I had a great opportunity when I started doing my comic book in 1972. I thought there was so much territory to work in.

I thought I had a great opportunity when I started doing my comic book in 1972. I thought there was so much territory to work in.

Harvey Pekar quotes: I don't mind if I show myself being cheap or unreasonable sometimes.

I don't mind if I show myself being cheap or unreasonable sometimes.

Harvey Pekar quotes: I like to go back over history and check out what people have written and whether I agree with it or not.

I like to go back over history and check out what people have written and whether I agree with it or not.

Harvey Pekar quotes: I'm doing research for a large comic book on the Beat Generation guys - Allen Ginsberg and Jack Kerouac and those guys.

I'm doing research for a large comic book on the Beat Generation guys - Allen Ginsberg and Jack Kerouac and those guys.

Harvey Pekar quotes: I think you can do anything with comics that you could do in just about any art form.

I think you can do anything with comics that you could do in just about any art form.

Harvey Pekar quotes: Even a pretty traditional comic book writer can make valuable contributions to the Internet.

Even a pretty traditional comic book writer can make valuable contributions to the Internet.

Harvey Pekar quotes: Misery loves company. There's a lot to that.

Misery loves company. There's a lot to that.

Harvey Pekar quotes: Since about 1980 Kenny Werner has been one of jazz's unsung heroes

Since about 1980 Kenny Werner has been one of jazz's unsung heroes

Harvey Pekar quotes: I think the people who would be the least interested in my work would be people who read lots of comic books.

I think the people who would be the least interested in my work would be people who read lots of comic books.

Harvey Pekar quotes: I came up with American Splendor. Some people think it's American Squalor.

I came up with American Splendor. Some people think it's American Squalor.

Harvey Pekar quotes: Letterman ... he got his problems. We don't get along too well.

Letterman ... he got his problems. We don't get along too well.

Harvey Pekar quotes: When you're dead, it robs life of many of it's pleasures

When you're dead, it robs life of many of it's pleasures

Harvey Pekar quotes: It makes you feel good to know that there's other people afflicted like you.

It makes you feel good to know that there's other people afflicted like you.

Harvey Pekar quotes: It's my perspective: gloom and doom.

It's my perspective: gloom and doom.

Harvey Pekar quotes: American Splendor is just an ongoing journal. It's an ongoing autobiography. I started it when I was in my early 30s, and I just keep going.

American Splendor is just an ongoing journal. It's an ongoing autobiography. I started it when I was in my early 30s, and I just keep going.

Harvey Pekar quotes: I'm always shook up and nervous and I've got the hospital record to prove it.

I'm always shook up and nervous and I've got the hospital record to prove it.

Harvey Pekar quotes: Comics are words and pictures. You can do anything with words and pictures.

Comics are words and pictures. You can do anything with words and pictures.

Harvey Pekar quotes: What kind of a day was it? A day like all others, that alters and illuminates our times. And you were there.

What kind of a day was it? A day like all others, that alters and illuminates our times. And you were there.

Harvey Pekar quotes: People writing about me have said that I've influenced a lot of people, and there are some artists who have credited me with influencing them.

People writing about me have said that I've influenced a lot of people, and there are some artists who have credited me with influencing them.

Harvey Pekar quotes: People who are readers of fiction aren't particularly interested in comic books.

People who are readers of fiction aren't particularly interested in comic books.

Harvey Pekar quotes: I think you can find all the elements that you can find in great literature in mundane experiences.

I think you can find all the elements that you can find in great literature in mundane experiences.

Harvey Pekar quotes: You do not pursue potential conflict unless you hold power over your foe.

You do not pursue potential conflict unless you hold power over your foe.

Harvey Pekar quotes: Of course I don't think I have it made by any means. I'm too insecure, obsessive and paranoid for that.

Of course I don't think I have it made by any means. I'm too insecure, obsessive and paranoid for that.

Harvey Pekar quotes: It's the stuff that happens right in front of your face when there's no routine and everything is unexpected. That's what I want to write about.

It's the stuff that happens right in front of your face when there's no routine and everything is unexpected. That's what I want to write about.

Harvey Pekar quotes: I don't write about certain arguments I have with my wife. I'd get my head torn off if wrote about certain things.

I don't write about certain arguments I have with my wife. I'd get my head torn off if wrote about certain things.

Harvey Pekar quotes: I realize that I'm pretty flawed, but you know - I haven't killed anybody yet.

I realize that I'm pretty flawed, but you know - I haven't killed anybody yet.

Harvey Pekar quotes: Plays have been made of my comics.

Plays have been made of my comics.

Harvey Pekar quotes: I'm a guy that likes to sit in one place.

I'm a guy that likes to sit in one place.

Harvey Pekar quotes: My work looks like a comic book in form, but it's not a typical comic book in content. I write autobiographical stuff.

My work looks like a comic book in form, but it's not a typical comic book in content. I write autobiographical stuff.

Harvey Pekar quotes: I want to keep doing as much work as I can, and I want to keep the level high. I'm wondering if something is going to happen to me to

I want to keep doing as much work as I can, and I want to keep the level high. I'm wondering if something is going to happen to me to screw it up.

Harvey Pekar quotes: It's real easy for me to write a lot of stories. I just go and I live through something, and I go home and write about it. It's that quick.

It's real easy for me to write a lot of stories. I just go and I live through something, and I go home and write about it. It's that quick.

Harvey Pekar quotes: I try and write the way things happen. I don't try and fulfill people's wishes.

I try and write the way things happen. I don't try and fulfill people's wishes.

Harvey Pekar quotes: Things improved a little bit in the '80s; there was kind of a revival of alternative comics, but then they went downhill in the '90s.

Things improved a little bit in the '80s; there was kind of a revival of alternative comics, but then they went downhill in the '90s.

Harvey Pekar quotes: I'm trying to get every man involved in art, into experimental music, or painting, or novel-writing.

I'm trying to get every man involved in art, into experimental music, or painting, or novel-writing.

Harvey Pekar quotes: People will believe absurd things - in the 19th century and now.

People will believe absurd things - in the 19th century and now.

Harvey Pekar quotes: Life is about women, gigs, an' bein' creative.

Life is about women, gigs, an' bein' creative.

Harvey Pekar quotes: I'd been familiar with comics, and I'd collected 'em when I was a kid, but after I got into junior high school, there wasn't much I was interested in.

I'd been familiar with comics, and I'd collected 'em when I was a kid, but after I got into junior high school, there wasn't much I was interested in.

Harvey Pekar quotes: I think comics have far more potential than a lot of people realize.

I think comics have far more potential than a lot of people realize.

Harvey Pekar quotes: Ordinary life is pretty complex stuff.

Ordinary life is pretty complex stuff.

Harvey Pekar quotes: It's extremely seldom that anybody wants me to change what I've written about them. Generally I portray them in a good light, if they're friends.

It's extremely seldom that anybody wants me to change what I've written about them. Generally I portray them in a good light, if they're friends.

Harvey Pekar quotes: I continue to be disappointed that people don't try and diversify the kind of work they are doing in comics.

I continue to be disappointed that people don't try and diversify the kind of work they are doing in comics.

Harvey Pekar quotes: I wanted to write literature that pushed people into their lives rather than helping people escape from them.

I wanted to write literature that pushed people into their lives rather than helping people escape from them.

Harvey Pekar quotes: Some of the most valuable stuff I do has to do with my dissenting from the general opinion about people in movements.

Some of the most valuable stuff I do has to do with my dissenting from the general opinion about people in movements.

Harvey Pekar quotes: I've just been writing stuff down as it comes to me. I haven't thought, 'Let me write some major opus here.'

I've just been writing stuff down as it comes to me. I haven't thought, 'Let me write some major opus here.'

Harvey Pekar quotes: I'm pretty aggressive, and maybe obnoxious, about trying to get work.

I'm pretty aggressive, and maybe obnoxious, about trying to get work.

Harvey Pekar quotes: Every ethnic group thinks they are the chosen ones. ...

Every ethnic group thinks they are the chosen ones. ...

Harvey Pekar quotes: It didn't take long to establish myself, as far as people thinking my work was good. They liked it from the start.

It didn't take long to establish myself, as far as people thinking my work was good. They liked it from the start.

Harvey Pekar quotes: There hasn't been enough change in comics to suit me. I don't know why exactly.

There hasn't been enough change in comics to suit me. I don't know why exactly.