top of page
Quote_1.png
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."

Standard 
 Customized
"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."

Exlpore more People quotes

Quote_1.png
Amber Hurdle

"It is not actual suffering but the taste of better things which excites people to revolt."

Quote_1.png
Amber Hurdle

"We should not judge people by their peak of excellence; but by the distance they have traveled from the point where they started."

Quote_1.png
Amber Hurdle

"I believe that in every country the people themselves are more peaceably and liberally inclined than their governments."

Quote_1.png
Amber Hurdle

"Some people displease with merit, and others' very faults and defects are pleasing."

Quote_1.png
Amber Hurdle

"Self-interest makes some people blind, and others sharp-sighted."

Quote_1.png
Amber Hurdle

"Give light and people will find the way."

Quote_1.png
Amber Hurdle

"A lot of people are afraid of heights. Not me, I'm afraid of widths."

Quote_1.png
Amber Hurdle

"You can be around 100 people and be completely alone. People don't realize what it's really like."

Quote_1.png
Amber Hurdle

"People generally quarrel because they cannot argue."

Quote_1.png
Amber Hurdle

"We would frequently be ashamed of our good deeds if people saw all of the motives that produced them."

Explore more quotes by Harvey Pekar

Quote_1.png
Harvey Pekar
"Letterman... he got his problems. We don't get along too well."
Quote_1.png
Harvey Pekar
"I think the people who would be the least interested in my work would be people who read lots of comic books."
Quote_1.png
Harvey Pekar
"I've probably had my day in the sun. I think I've influenced a lot of comic book writers."
Quote_1.png
Harvey Pekar
"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."
Quote_1.png
Harvey Pekar
"I think you can do anything with comics that you could do in just about any art form."
Quote_1.png
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."
Quote_1.png
Harvey Pekar
"I'd been familiar with comics, and I'd collected 'em when I was a kid, but after I got into junior high school, there wasn't much I was interested in."
Quote_1.png
Harvey Pekar
"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."
Quote_1.png
Harvey Pekar
"People who are readers of fiction aren't particularly interested in comic books."
Quote_1.png
Harvey Pekar
"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."
bottom of page