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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."

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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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Amber Hurdle

"Those words, that voice, had more power over me than any phantom ever could."

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Amber Hurdle

"Power and glory are two dialectic energies working in common ground. Taking a glimpse of the meandering under swell of glory in the shade of power, can be very inspiring and illuminating. ['The power and the glory']"

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Amber Hurdle

"Wherever wind visits, there it freshens the air; wherever wisdom visits, there it freshens the mind!"

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Amber Hurdle

"To get fruits from the tree branches, shake them with hands; to get fruits from men, shake them with clever ideas!"

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Amber Hurdle

"Look at the people around you. Some Inspire you, some Perspire you. Be with those that build Energy in you."

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Amber Hurdle

"When the wind likes a path, the weeds around that path will tremble all day long!"

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Amber Hurdle

"Spend your time with the people who talk about the stars because to whichever place you put your mind in, you will move to that place! Stars pull you to the stars; mud pulls you to the mud!"

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Amber Hurdle

"Influence is when you are not the one talking and yet your words fill the room, when you are absent and yet your presence is felt everywhere."

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Amber Hurdle

"We can influence who we will be tomorrow, for tomorrow can only be built on today."

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Amber Hurdle

"I like George Carlin's jokes. I like his humor. He's one of my heroes, and I like what he did with talking about everyday things."

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Harvey Pekar
"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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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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"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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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."

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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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Harvey Pekar
"I try and write the way things happen. I don't try and fulfill people's wishes."

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Harvey Pekar
"I came up with American Splendor. Some people think it's American Squalor."

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

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Harvey Pekar
"I'm doing research for a large comic book on the Beat Generation guys - Allen Ginsberg and Jack Kerouac and those guys."

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