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Harvey Pekar Quotes

I always wanted praise, and I always wanted attention; I won’t lie to you. I was a jazz critic, and that wasn’t good enough for me. I wanted people to write about me, not me about them. So I thought, ‘What could I do? I can’t sing, I can’t dance, I can’t act or anything like that. OK, I can write.’ Picture Quote #1

I don’t think I made any really big mistakes; it’s just that I chose something difficult to do. Looking back, I suppose I should be grateful that I got as far as I got Picture Quote #1

I continue to be disappointed that people don’t try and diversify the kind of work they are doing in comics Picture Quote #1

I think that the so-called average person often exhibits a great deal of heroism in getting through an ordinary day . . Picture Quote #1

It dawned on me that comics were not an intrinsically limited medium. There was a tremendous amount of things you could do in comics that you couldn’t do in other art forms - but no one was doing it. I figured if I’d make a try at it, I’d at least be a footnote in history Picture Quote #1

Cleveland has a very bad reputation, but there’s a lot of stuff that’s left over from when there were very wealthy people - the Art Museum and a world class symphony that’s still world class Picture Quote #1

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I’m trying to get every man involved in art, into experimental music, or painting, or novel-writing Picture Quote #1

I came up with American Splendor. Some people think it’s American Squalor Picture Quote #1

Israel’s creation was politically amazing and caused by a number of unusual events. And I understand. For centuries, Jews endured horrible suffering, and like other people, deserve the right to self-determination, but the way Israel is going now frightens me. Jews make awkward colonial overlords Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

I think you can find all the elements that you can find in great literature in mundane experiences Picture Quote #1

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Things improved a little bit in the 80s; there was kind of a revival of alternative comics, but then they went downhill in the 90s Picture Quote #1

It’s extremely seldom that anybody wants me to change what I’ve written about them. Generally I portray them in a good light, if they’re friend Picture Quote #1

It seemed to me you could do anything in comics. So I started doing my thing, which is mainly influenced by novelists, stand-up comedians, that sort of thin Picture Quote #1

I’ve probably had my day in the sun. I think I’ve influenced a lot of comic book writer Picture Quote #1

I’m doing research for a large comic book on the Beat Generation guys - Allen Ginsberg and Jack Kerouac and those guys Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

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I guess I wanted to show people, among other things, that you don’t have to be a hero to get through cancer. You can be a craven coward and get through. You have to stay on your medication and take your treatments, that’s all Picture Quote #1

It’s extremely seldom that anybody wants me to change what I’ve written about them. Generally I portray them in a good light, if they’re friends Picture Quote #1

I write about my life, choosing incidents that I think will be, for one reason or another, significant to people. Often because they may have experienced the same things Picture Quote #1

I’ve probably had my day in the sun. I think I’ve influenced a lot of comic book writers Picture Quote #1

I’m sure someone out there has a workable solution. But what do I know? I make comic books and write about jazz. I do know the difference between right and wrong, though Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

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The way I write is, I listen to things in my head, and then I copy them down. I memorize conversations and things like that; I seem to be able to do that pretty well. I suppose in that respect there’s some improvisation, although I work over the stuff after I’ve got it down on paper Picture Quote #1

I can’t write in a whole lot of different styles, trying to please the highbrows one time and the lowbrows the next. I pretty much have a basic style I employ Picture Quote #1

It seemed to me you could do anything in comics. So I started doing my thing, which is mainly influenced by novelists, stand-up comedians, that sort of thing Picture Quote #1

I concentrate, more than I think virtually any comic book artist has in the past, on the so-called mundane details of every day life - quotidian life. What happens to a person during a working day, marital relations, and stuff like that Picture Quote #1

I’d like to see the comics’ style expanded. I’d like to see artists synthesize traditional comics arts style with fine-arts styles or whatever. I like to see innovation. I don’t like it when an art form becomes stagnant Picture Quote #1

A respectable-sized audience hasn’t really been able to follow developments in jazz since the free jazz movement in the 60s. Some of them can’t even get with John Coltrane. Audiences are diminishing more and more rapidly. Some of the top young musicians with something new to say can’t get record companies to put out their stuff Picture Quote #1

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I always wanted praise, and I always wanted attention; I won’t lie to you. I was a jazz critic, and that wasn’t good enough for me. I wanted people to write about me, not me about them. So I thought, ‘What could I do? I can’t sing, I can’t dance, I can’t act or anything like that. OK, I can write.’ (Harvey Pekar Quotes) I don’t think I made any really big mistakes; it’s just that I chose something difficult to do. Looking back, I suppose I should be grateful that I got as far as I got. (Harvey Pekar Quotes) I continue to be disappointed that people don’t try and diversify the kind of work they are doing in comics. (Harvey Pekar Quotes) I think that the so-called average person often exhibits a great deal of heroism in getting through an ordinary day . . . (Harvey Pekar Quotes) It dawned on me that comics were not an intrinsically limited medium. There was a tremendous amount of things you could do in comics that you couldn’t do in other art forms - but no one was doing it. I figured if I’d make a try at it, I’d at least be a footnote in history. (Harvey Pekar Quotes) Cleveland has a very bad reputation, but there’s a lot of stuff that’s left over from when there were very wealthy people - the Art Museum and a world class symphony that’s still world class. (Harvey Pekar Quotes) I’m trying to get every man involved in art, into experimental music, or painting, or novel-writing. (Harvey Pekar Quotes) I came up with American Splendor. Some people think it’s American Squalor. (Harvey Pekar Quotes) Israel’s creation was politically amazing and caused by a number of unusual events. And I understand. For centuries, Jews endured horrible suffering, and like other people, deserve the right to self-determination, but the way Israel is going now frightens me. Jews make awkward colonial overlords. (Harvey Pekar Quotes) When I was a kid, back in the 40s, I was a voracious comic book reader. And at that time, there was a lot of patriotism in the comics. They were called things like ‘All-American Comics’ or ‘Star-Spangled Comics’ or things like that. I decided to do a logo that was a parody of those comics, with ‘American’ as the first word. (Harvey Pekar Quotes) 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 Quotes) I think you can find all the elements that you can find in great literature in mundane experiences (Harvey Pekar Quotes) Things improved a little bit in the 80s; there was kind of a revival of alternative comics, but then they went downhill in the 90s (Harvey Pekar Quotes) It’s extremely seldom that anybody wants me to change what I’ve written about them. Generally I portray them in a good light, if they’re friend (Harvey Pekar Quotes) It seemed to me you could do anything in comics. So I started doing my thing, which is mainly influenced by novelists, stand-up comedians, that sort of thin (Harvey Pekar Quotes) I’ve probably had my day in the sun. I think I’ve influenced a lot of comic book writer (Harvey Pekar Quotes) I’m doing research for a large comic book on the Beat Generation guys - Allen Ginsberg and Jack Kerouac and those guys (Harvey Pekar Quotes) 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 (Harvey Pekar Quotes) I guess I wanted to show people, among other things, that you don’t have to be a hero to get through cancer. You can be a craven coward and get through. You have to stay on your medication and take your treatments, that’s all. (Harvey Pekar Quotes) It’s extremely seldom that anybody wants me to change what I’ve written about them. Generally I portray them in a good light, if they’re friends. (Harvey Pekar Quotes) I write about my life, choosing incidents that I think will be, for one reason or another, significant to people. Often because they may have experienced the same things. (Harvey Pekar Quotes) I’ve probably had my day in the sun. I think I’ve influenced a lot of comic book writers (Harvey Pekar Quotes) I’m sure someone out there has a workable solution. But what do I know? I make comic books and write about jazz. I do know the difference between right and wrong, though. (Harvey Pekar Quotes) 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 Quotes) The way I write is, I listen to things in my head, and then I copy them down. I memorize conversations and things like that; I seem to be able to do that pretty well. I suppose in that respect there’s some improvisation, although I work over the stuff after I’ve got it down on paper. (Harvey Pekar Quotes) I can’t write in a whole lot of different styles, trying to please the highbrows one time and the lowbrows the next. I pretty much have a basic style I employ. (Harvey Pekar Quotes) It seemed to me you could do anything in comics. So I started doing my thing, which is mainly influenced by novelists, stand-up comedians, that sort of thing (Harvey Pekar Quotes) I concentrate, more than I think virtually any comic book artist has in the past, on the so-called mundane details of every day life - quotidian life. What happens to a person during a working day, marital relations, and stuff like that. (Harvey Pekar Quotes) I’d like to see the comics’ style expanded. I’d like to see artists synthesize traditional comics arts style with fine-arts styles or whatever. I like to see innovation. I don’t like it when an art form becomes stagnant. (Harvey Pekar Quotes) A respectable-sized audience hasn’t really been able to follow developments in jazz since the free jazz movement in the 60s. Some of them can’t even get with John Coltrane. Audiences are diminishing more and more rapidly. Some of the top young musicians with something new to say can’t get record companies to put out their stuff. (Harvey Pekar Quotes)

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