Harvey Pekar

Ordinary life is pretty complex stuff. ↗

— Harvey Pekar

#writing #life

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. ↗

— Harvey Pekar

#autobiography #early #going #i #journal

I don't mind if I show myself being cheap or unreasonable sometimes. ↗

— Harvey Pekar

#cheap #i #mind #myself #show

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

— Harvey Pekar

#came #i #i came #people #some

I continue to be disappointed that people don't try and diversify the kind of work they are doing in comics. ↗

— Harvey Pekar

#continue #disappointed #diversify #doing #i

I decided I was going to tell these stories. I went around and met Crumb. He was the cartoonist. I started realizing comics weren't just kid stuff. ↗

— Harvey Pekar

#cartoonist #comics #crumb #decided #going

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

— Harvey Pekar

#else #everybody #everybody else #like

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

— Harvey Pekar

#certain #certain things #get #head #i

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

— Harvey Pekar

#back #check #go #history #i

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. ↗

— Harvey Pekar

#attend #comic #common #con #i