Harvey Pekar Quotes

It didn't take long to establish myself, as far as people thinking my work was good. They liked it from the start.
Harvey Pekar

Work, Good, Long

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

Good, Makes, Afflicted

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

Started, Influenced, Comedians

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

Change, Good, Friends

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

Problems, Along, Letterman

Misery loves company. There's a lot to that.
Harvey Pekar

Company, Misery, Loves

My work looks like a comic book in form, but it's not a typical comic book in content. I write autobiographical stuff.
Harvey Pekar

Work, Book, Write

People who are readers of fiction aren't particularly interested in comic books.
Harvey Pekar

Books, Interested, Fiction

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.
Harvey Pekar

Writing, Said, Artists

Plays have been made of my comics.
Harvey Pekar

Made, Comics, Plays

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

Opinion, Stuff, General

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.
Harvey Pekar

Life, Success, Nice

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

Change, Enough, Why

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

Bit, Revival, Comics

You can find heroism everyday, like guys working terrible jobs because they've got to support their families. Or as far as humor, the things I see on the job, on the street, are far funnier than anything you'll ever see on TV.
Harvey Pekar

Humor, Job, Find

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Writer

Born: October 8, 1939

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