I think you can do anything with comics that you could do in just about any art form.

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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.

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 decided I was going to tell these stories. I went around and met Crumb....

I decided I was going to tell these stories. I went around and met Crumb....

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...

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 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...

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...

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 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 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.

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...

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...

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 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.

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.

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.

Plays have been made of my comics.

Plays have been made of my comics.

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...