I try and write the way things happen. I don't try and fulfill people's wishes — Harvey Pekar Copy Share Image
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… — Harvey Pekar Copy Share Image
It's real easy for me to write a lot of stories. I just go and I live through something, and I go… — 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
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
Even a pretty traditional comic book writer can make valuable contributions to the Internet. — Harvey Pekar Copy Share Image
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 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
The way I write is, I listen to things in my head, and then I copy them down. I memorize conversations and… — Harvey Pekar Copy Share Image
I write scripts in storyboard fashion using stick figures, and thought balloons and word balloons and captions. Then I'll write descriptions of… — Harvey Pekar Copy Share Image
I was sort of on a mission with 'American Splendor.' I wanted to try to prove that comics could do things. I… — 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
I have to be a freelance writer for the rest of my life, unless I get some kind of real lucky break.… — Harvey Pekar Copy Share Image
I can't write in a whole lot of different styles, trying to please the highbrows one time and the lowbrows the next.… — 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 was influenced by autobiographical writers like Henry Miller, and I had actually done some autobiographical prose. But I just thought that… — Harvey Pekar Copy Share Image
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 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'm from the beatnik generation, where everybody wanted to be a poet or writer or something. And at that time, I was… — 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
