I thought I had a great opportunity when I started doing my comic book in 1972. I thought there was so much… — Harvey Pekar Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
I've probably had my day in the sun. I think I've influenced a lot of comic book writers — Harvey Pekar Copy Share Image
Even a pretty traditional comic book writer can make valuable contributions to the Internet. — Harvey Pekar Copy Share Image
I think the people who would be the least interested in my work would be people who read lots of comic books. — Harvey Pekar Copy Share Image
People who are readers of fiction aren't particularly interested in comic books. — Harvey Pekar Copy Share Image
I'm doing research for a large comic book on the Beat Generation guys - Allen Ginsberg and Jack Kerouac and those guys — Harvey Pekar Copy Share Image
Am I a guy who writes about himself in a comic book, or am I just a character in that book? If… — Harvey Pekar Copy Share Image
I concentrate, more than I think virtually any comic book artist has in the past, on the so-called mundane details of every… — Harvey Pekar Copy Share Image
I'm sure someone out there has a workable solution. But what do I know? I make comic books and write about jazz.… — Harvey Pekar Copy Share Image
When I was a kid, back in the '40s, I was a voracious comic book reader. And at that time, there was… — Harvey Pekar Copy Share Image
I think that the so-called average person often exhibits a great deal of heroism in getting through an ordinary day . . . — Harvey Pekar Copy Share
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… — Harvey Pekar Copy Share
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 Copy Share
I'm always shook up and nervous and I've got the hospital record to prove it. — Harvey Pekar Copy Share
People who are readers of fiction aren't particularly interested in comic books. — Harvey Pekar Copy Share
My parents' work ethic amazed me. How could they put in such long hours, day after day? Part of the reason was to keep… — Harvey Pekar Copy Share
I think you can find all the elements that you can find in great literature in mundane experiences. — Harvey Pekar Copy Share
The film's success so far involves winning a couple of prizes at Cannes and Sundance, and getting some very nice reviews in newspapers and… — Harvey Pekar Copy Share
I just continue to be kind of disappointed that people don't realize that and try and diversify the kind of work they are doing… — Harvey Pekar Copy Share
I don't think I made any really big mistakes; it's just that I chose something difficult to do. Looking back, I suppose I should… — Harvey Pekar Copy Share
