I'm doing research for a large comic book on the Beat Generation guys - Allen Ginsberg and Jack Kerouac and those guys.

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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 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.

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

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

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...

Plays have been made of my comics.

Plays have been made of my comics.

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'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 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 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...

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

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

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 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'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...

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

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

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...

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...

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,...

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.