I don't write about certain arguments I have with my wife. I'd get my head torn off if wrote about certain things.

Quote by Harvey Pekar

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It makes you feel good to know that there's other people afflicted like you.

It makes you feel good to know that there's other people afflicted like you.

I think the people who would be the least interested in my work would be...

I think the people who would be the least interested in my work would be...

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...

I try and write the way things happen. I don't try and fulfill people's wishes.

I try and write the way things happen. I don't try and fulfill people's wishes.

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 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.

Plays have been made of my comics.

Plays have been made of my comics.

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

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

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 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.

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'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...

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'd been familiar with comics, and I'd collected 'em when I was a kid, but...

I'd been familiar with comics, and I'd collected 'em when I was a kid, but...

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...

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.

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...

There hasn't been enough change in comics to suit me. I don't know why exactly.

There hasn't been enough change in comics to suit me. I don't know why exactly.

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 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...