Quotes By Harvey Pekar

I'm always shook up and nervous and I've got the hospital record to prove it.

Plays have been made of my comics.

People writing about me have said that I've influenced a lot of people, and there are some artists who have credited me with influencing them.

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

I'm trying to get every man involved in art, into experimental music, or painting, or novel-writing.

American Splendor is just an ongoing journal. It's an ongoing autobiography. I started it when I was in my early 30s, and I just keep going.

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

I like to go back over history and check out what people have written and whether I agree with it or not.

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

I really don't have a lot in common with the people who attend the Comic Con. It's like assuming that all people who write prose are the same.