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 PekarI don't write about certain arguments I have with my wife. I'd get my head torn off if wrote about certain things.
Harvey Pekar