“I don't want to play myself up as a hero, because it would make me unb...” — Harvey Pekar Quote

“I don't want to play myself up as a hero, because it would make me unbelievable. I'd rather settle for people thinking that I'm a bum, but digging my stories, than liking me and not being able to believe in my stories. That's one reason I've been hard on myself, because I want my stuff to be believable.”

“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.”

“It'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.”

“As an actor, you have to be able to put yourself into the character since your job is literally making the character and the situation he is in believable.”

“If the characters on 'The West Wing' were watching a TV show wherein a character like Trump was leading in the polls, they wouldn't find it believable.”

“Bad for the sake of bad is boring to me and not believable.”