I think the people who would be the least interested in my work would be people who read lots of comic books..

Im pretty aggressive, and maybe obnoxious, about trying to get work..

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 ….

I'd been familiar with comics, and I'd collected 'em when I was a kid, but after I got into junior high school, there wasn't much I was interested in.

I think that the so-called average person often exhibits a great deal of heroism in getting through an ordinary day . . ..

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 g….

I really don't have a lot in common with the people who attend the Comic Con. It's like assuming that all people who write prose are the same..

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

I think you can find all the elements that you can find in great literature in mundane experiences..

I wanted to write literature that pushed people into their lives rather than helping people escape from them..

I just continue to be kind of disappointed that people don't realize that and try and diversify the kind of work they are doing in comics..

Misery loves company. There's a lot to that..

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..

Life is about women, gigs, an' bein' creative..

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

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 artist….

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

Ordinary life is pretty complex stuff..

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 ….

And no business can possibly equate happy workers (community) with profit (effectiveness). Happy workers are much more productive workers and hence c….

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