I Just Continue To Be Kind Of

My Parents' Work Ethic Amazed Me. How Could They Put In Such Long Hours, Day After Day? Part Of The Reason Was To Keep The Family Going - To Keep Me Going. I Realized That, Although We Had Different Values Derived From Different Cultures And Wouldn't Agree On Certain Issues, They Were Good People, Incredible People, And I Loved And Respected Them.

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 Artists Were Doing. It Was A Step Beyond Mad.

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.

There 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.)

I Realize That I'm Pretty Flawed, But You Know - I Haven't Killed Anybody Yet.