I decided I was going to tell these stories. I went around and met Crumb. He was the cartoonist. I started realizing comics weren't just kid stuff.

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The film's success so far involves winning a couple of prizes at Cannes and Sundance,...

The film's success so far involves winning a couple of prizes at Cannes and Sundance,...

Plays have been made of my comics.

Plays have been made of my comics.

I continue to be disappointed that people don't try and diversify the kind of work...

I continue to be disappointed that people don't try and diversify the kind of work...

Letterman... he got his problems. We don't get along too well.

Letterman... he got his problems. We don't get along too well.

I don't write about certain arguments I have with my wife. I'd get my head...

I don't write about certain arguments I have with my wife. I'd get my head...

It didn't take long to establish myself, as far as people thinking my work was...

It didn't take long to establish myself, as far as people thinking my work was...

I met Robert Crumb in 1962; he lived in Cleveland for a while. I took...

I met Robert Crumb in 1962; he lived in Cleveland for a while. I took...

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

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

I think comics have far more potential than a lot of people realize.

I think comics have far more potential than a lot of people realize.

People writing about me have said that I've influenced a lot of people, and there...

People writing about me have said that I've influenced a lot of people, and there...

I'm doing research for a large comic book on the Beat Generation guys - Allen...

I'm doing research for a large comic book on the Beat Generation guys - Allen...

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

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

I write scripts in storyboard fashion using stick figures, and thought balloons and word balloons...

I write scripts in storyboard fashion using stick figures, and thought balloons and word balloons...

Everybody's like everybody else, and everybody's different from everybody else.

Everybody's like everybody else, and everybody's different from everybody else.

I came up with American Splendor. Some people think it's American Squalor.

I came up with American Splendor. Some people think it's American Squalor.

It's extremely seldom that anybody wants me to change what I've written about them. Generally...

It's extremely seldom that anybody wants me to change what I've written about them. Generally...

I've probably had my day in the sun. I think I've influenced a lot of...

I've probably had my day in the sun. I think I've influenced a lot of...

I thought I had a great opportunity when I started doing my comic book in...

I thought I had a great opportunity when I started doing my comic book in...

It seemed to me you could do anything in comics. So I started doing my...

It seemed to me you could do anything in comics. So I started doing my...

My work looks like a comic book in form, but it's not a typical comic...

My work looks like a comic book in form, but it's not a typical comic...