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

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I really don't have a lot in common with the people who attend the Comic...

I really don't have a lot in common with the people who attend the Comic...

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 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 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...

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 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...

Plays have been made of my comics.

Plays have been made of my comics.

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 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.

Things improved a little bit in the '80s; there was kind of a revival of...

Things improved a little bit in the '80s; there was kind of a revival of...

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...

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...

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...

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...

American Splendor is just an ongoing journal. It's an ongoing autobiography. I started it when...

American Splendor is just an ongoing journal. It's an ongoing autobiography. I started it when...

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'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...

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...

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.

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

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