“What kind of a day was it? A day like all others, that alters and illuminates our times. And you were there.” — 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 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 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
If there is something to worry about, my mind has a tendency to worry about it. That can cut two ways. It… — Harvey Pekar Copy Share Image
I was 16 years old, and I was just flailing around, looking for an interest. I heard, you know, these jazz records.… — Harvey Pekar Copy Share Image
“Praise from people I respect can get me through times of no money better than money can get me through times of… — 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'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
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 Image
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 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'm always shook up and nervous and I've got the hospital record to prove it. — Harvey Pekar Copy Share Image
People who are readers of fiction aren't particularly interested in comic books. — 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 to keep… — Harvey Pekar Copy Share Image
I think you can find all the elements that you can find in great literature in mundane experiences. — Harvey Pekar Copy Share Image
