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

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

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

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

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

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

Plays have been made of my comics.
Harvey Pekar

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

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

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