Latest Harvey Pekar Quotes from Interviews

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• People will believe absurd things - in the 19th century and now.

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  Believe, People, Absurd

• I don't think I made any really big mistakes; it's just that I chose something difficult to do. Looking back, I suppose I should be grateful that I got as far as I got.

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  Mistake, Grateful, Thinking

• I always wanted praise and I always wanted attention; I won't lie to you. I was a jazz critic and that wasn't good enough for me. I wanted people to write about me, not me about them. So I thought, What could I do? I can't sing, I can't dance, I can't act or anything like that. OK, I can write.

  Harvey Pekar

  Lying, Writing, People