I think the people who would be the least interested in my work would be people who read lots of comic books.
Harvey PekarIt's extremely seldom that anybody wants me to change what I've written about them. Generally I portray them in a good light, if they're friends
Harvey PekarI wanted to write literature that pushed people into their lives rather than helping people escape from them.
Harvey PekarThere was a survey done a few years ago that affected me greatly. it was discovered that intelligent people either estimate their intelligence accurately or slightly underestimate themselves, but stupid people overestimate their intelligence and by huge margins. (And these were things like straight up math tests, not controversial IQ tests.)
Harvey Pekar