Harvey Pekar

Every ethnic group thinks they are the chosen ones. …

— Harvey Pekar

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

— Harvey Pekar

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

— Harvey Pekar

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

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

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

— Harvey Pekar

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

— Harvey Pekar

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

— Harvey Pekar

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

— Harvey Pekar

My parents' work ethic amazed me. How could they put in such long hours, day after day? Part of the reason was…

— Harvey Pekar

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

— Harvey Pekar

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

— Harvey Pekar

The film's success so far involves winning a couple of prizes at Cannes and Sundance, and getting some very nice reviews in…

— Harvey Pekar

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

I don't think I made any really big mistakes; it's just that I chose something difficult to do. Looking back, I suppose…

— Harvey Pekar

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

“He wasn't a man, but a tape recorder, repeating catch phrases and old slogans without any thought to the concepts behind them,…

— Harvey Pekar

I decided I was going to tell these stories. I went around and met Crumb. He was the cartoonist. I started realizing…

— Harvey Pekar

It didnt take long to establish myself, as far as people thinking my work was good. They liked it from the start.

— Harvey Pekar

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

The way I write is, I listen to things in my head, and then I copy them down. I memorize conversations and…

— Harvey Pekar

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

— Harvey Pekar

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

As a matter of fact, I deliberately look for the mundane, because I feel these stories are ignored. The most influential things…

— Harvey Pekar

Plays have been made of my comics.

— Harvey Pekar