It makes you feel good to know that there's other people afflicted like you. — Harvey Pekar Copy Share Image
I like to go back over history and check out what people have written and whether I agree with it or not. — Harvey Pekar Copy Share Image
I try and write the way things happen. I don't try and fulfill people's wishes — Harvey Pekar Copy Share Image
It didnt take long to establish myself, as far as people thinking my work was good. They liked it from the start. — Harvey Pekar Copy Share Image
I came up with American Splendor. Some people think it's American Squalor. — Harvey Pekar Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
Some of the most valuable stuff I do has to do with my dissenting from the general opinion about people in movements. — Harvey Pekar Copy Share Image
I just continue to be kind of disappointed that people don't realize that and try and diversify the kind of work they… — Harvey Pekar Copy Share Image
I really don't have a lot in common with the people who attend the Comic Con. It's like assuming that all people… — Harvey Pekar Copy Share Image
People writing about me have said that I've influenced a lot of people, and there are some artists who have credited me… — Harvey Pekar Copy Share Image
I worry about getting work, and then when I get it, I worry about doing it well. I don't want to just… — Harvey Pekar Copy Share Image
I'm kind of concerned about 'Ego & Hubris' because I'm thinking that people will read it and maybe even be entertained by… — Harvey Pekar Copy Share Image
Cleveland has a very bad reputation, but there's a lot of stuff that's left over from when there were very wealthy people… — Harvey Pekar Copy Share Image
I'm just tired of people saying I'm a self-hating Jew because I'm critical of Israel or make fun of old Jewish ladies.… — Harvey Pekar Copy Share Image
I guess I wanted to show people, among other things, that you don't have to be a hero to get through cancer.… — Harvey Pekar Copy Share Image
There was a survey done a few years ago that affected me greatly. it was discovered that intelligent people either estimate their… — Harvey Pekar Copy Share Image
I felt more alone that week than any. Sometimes I'd feel a body lying next to me like an amputee feels a… — Harvey Pekar Copy Share Image
My parents' work ethic amazed me. How could they put in such long hours, day after day? Part of the reason was… — Harvey Pekar Copy Share Image
There's no limitation on comics, nothing. From a logical standpoint, how can there be a limitation on comics? You can use any… — Harvey Pekar Copy Share Image
I always wanted praise, and I always wanted attention; I won't lie to you. I was a jazz critic, and that wasn't… — Harvey Pekar Copy Share Image
I don't want to play myself up as a hero, because it would make me unbelievable. I'd rather settle for people thinking… — Harvey Pekar Copy Share Image
Israel's creation was politically amazing and caused by a number of unusual events. And I understand. For centuries, Jews endured horrible suffering,… — Harvey Pekar Copy Share Image
I continue to be disappointed that people don't try and diversify the kind of work they are doing in comics. — Harvey Pekar Copy Share Image
People who are readers of fiction aren't particularly interested in comic books. — Harvey Pekar Copy Share Image
I wanted to write literature that pushed people into their lives rather than helping people escape from them. — 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
Sometimes I want to convey something complex philosophically, and sometimes I just want to portray myself in a situation that I think… — Harvey Pekar Copy Share Image
I write about my life, choosing incidents that I think will be, for one reason or another, significant to people. Often because… — 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
