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Harvey Pekar

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

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

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Akiroq Brost

"If you need an alarm clock, you need a new job."

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"Have convictions. Be friendly. Stick to your beliefs as they stick to theirs. Work as hard as they do."

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"Read the Bible. Work hard and honestly. And don't complain."

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Akiroq Brost

"A good work ethic is not so much a concern for hard work but rather one for responsibility. There have been a great many men and women who have in fact used work or hustle or selfish ambition as an escape from real responsibility, an escape from purpose. In matters such as these, the hard worker is just as dysfunctional as the sloth."

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Akiroq Brost

"Just as man can't exist without his body, so no rights can exist without the right to translate one's rights into reality, to think, to work and keep the results, which means: the right of property."

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"Ruth Cole was a novelist, novelists are not at their best when they go off half-cocked. She believed that she would prepare what she was going to tell the police - preferably in writing."

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Akiroq Brost

"Not only is women's work never done, the definition keeps changing."

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"You can be the most productive and most effective, but politics show up as ego, jealousy and sabotage from bosses who can't perform."

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"An audience is always warming but it must never be necessary to your work."

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"I write scripts in storyboard fashion using stick figures, and thought balloons and word balloons and captions. Then I'll write descriptions of what scenes should look like and turn it over to the artist."
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"I came up with American Splendor. Some people think it's American Squalor."
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"I met Robert Crumb in 1962; he lived in Cleveland for a while. I took a look at his stuff. Crumb was doing stuff beyond what other writers and artists were doing. It was a step beyond Mad."
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"I continue to be disappointed that people don't try and diversify the kind of work they are doing in comics."
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"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."
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"It makes you feel good to know that there's other people afflicted like you."
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"I thought I had a great opportunity when I started doing my comic book in 1972. I thought there was so much territory to work in."
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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."
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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."
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"I've probably had my day in the sun. I think I've influenced a lot of comic book writers."
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