Harvey Pekar

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

— Harvey Pekar

#comic #comic books #fiction #interested #particularly

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

#artists #credited #i #influenced #influencing

Plays have been made of my comics. ↗

— Harvey Pekar

#comics #made #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

#general #i #i do #most #movements

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

#big impact #cannes #couple #far #film

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

— Harvey Pekar

#change #comics #enough #exactly #hasn

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 #comics #downhill #improved #kind

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

— Harvey Pekar

#got #hospital #i #nervous #prove