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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

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I think you can find all the elements that you can find in great literature in mundane experiences. ↗

— Harvey Pekar

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I wake up every morning in a cold sweat, regardless of how well things went the day before. And put that I said that in a somewhat but not completely tongue-in-cheek way. ↗

— Harvey Pekar

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I'm trying to get every man involved in art, into experimental music, or painting, or novel-writing. ↗

— Harvey Pekar

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Something good comes out of every crisis. ↗

— Dave Pelzer

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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

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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

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

— Harvey Pekar

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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

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