Quotes By Harvey Pekar

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

I think the people who would be the least interested in my work would be people who read lots of comic books.

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

I write scripts in storyboard fashion using stick figures, and thought balloons and word balloons and captions. Then I'll write descriptions of what scenes should look like and turn it over to the artist.

Some of the most valuable stuff I do has to do with my dissenting from the general opinion about people in movements.

I thought I had a great opportunity when I started doing my comic book in 1972. I thought there was so much territory to work in.

I'd been familiar with comics, and I'd collected 'em when I was a kid, but after I got into junior high school, there wasn't much I was interested in.

The film's success so far involves winning a couple of prizes at Cannes and Sundance, and getting some very nice reviews in newspapers and magazines. That hasn't had a big impact on my life yet.

I met Robert Crumb in 1962; he lived in Cleveland for a while. I took a look at his stuff. Crumb was doing stuff beyond what other writers and artists were doing. It was a step beyond Mad.

I think you can find all the elements that you can find in great literature in mundane experiences.