American Splendor quotes

View Quote Real Harvey: It seemed that real, salt of the earth people like Toby and me were being co-opted by these huge corporations. We were getting held up and ridiculed as losers in the system. What can I say, it was the '80s, man.

View Quote Danielle: [to Harvey] Joyce is right. You are obsessive-compulsive.

View Quote Mr. Boats: Avoid the reeking herd! Shun the polluted flock! Live like that stoic bird, the eagle of the rock!" You know what that means, son?
Harvey: Yeah. It's from an Elinor Hoyt Wylie poem. It means stay away from the crowds of common ordinary people and do your own thing.
Mr. Boats: Nope, it means don't compromise yourself for women. Ain't gonna do you no good. Get away from them as soon as you can!
Harvey: Well, I ain't got no woman now. So I'm living like the stoic bird, man.
Mr. Boats: The only way to live, son.
Mattress Guy 1: So how smart is she?
Mattress Guy 2: I don't know. I guess she's about average.
Mattress Guy 1: Average? Hey, man. Average is dumb!
Joyce: Hi, Harvey. We finally meet in person.
Harvey: Hiya. Look, before we get started with any of this, you might as well know right off the bat. I had a vasectomy.
Joyce: Harvey, go get me water and a few aspirin.
Harvey: What, you got a headache?
Joyce: No, but I want to avoid one.

View Quote Paul Giamatti -- Harvey Pekar

View Quote Hope Davis -- Joyce Brabner

View Quote Harvey Pekar -- Real Harvey

View Quote Shari Springer Berman -- Interviewer

View Quote James Urbaniak -- Robert Crumb

View Quote Judah Friedlander -- Toby Radloff

View Quote Earl Billings -- Mr. Boats

View Quote Joyce Brabner -- Real Joyce

View Quote Toby Radloff -- Real Toby

View Quote Madylin Sweeten -- Danielle

View Quote James McCaffrey -- Fred

View Quote Danielle Batone -- Real Danielle