Harvey Pekar Quotes

I take my work enormously seriously. When I do something, it has to feel right. Everything has to be right.

I wanted this, I wanted to do this, but my work is me, and it has to be right.

At the end of the day, you have a job to do, and if you don't do your job, you're going to get fired. You just have to kind of put your head down and do it.

I'm very professional. I always want to do the best job that I can.

I cannot be casual about my work.

Quality means doing it right when no one is looking.

I love what I do. I take great pride in what I do. And I can't do something halfway, three-quarters, nine-tenths. If I'm going to do something, I go all the way.

Our father taught us such a work ethic that if there's something worth doing, it's worth doing well.

If I'd been a housemaid I'd have been the best in Australia - I couldn't help it. It's got to be perfection for me.

I am such a do-goody, people-pleasing kid - or I was - I don't think I've ever been fired, not even from an ice cream shop, magician for kids' parties, not even in my early jobs in radio.

You really have to love every single bit of what you do. The moment that you do something that makes you feel queasy to your stomach, the company dies.

I have my flaws too, but I am a professional who doesn't like to miss or lose.

I'm pretty demanding with myself and my work, and I always put a lot of pressure on myself. I try to do the best job I can every time.

Somewhere along the line, Bob said I'd better begin taking this business seriously, because, whether I liked it or not, I had a career.

It never entered my father's mind nor my mind ever to do a job othe than at one's best ability.

If you want to succeed at any job, make yourself invaluable. Go the extra mile; make them never be able to imagine what life without you there would be like.

I'm not a perfect person who doesn't mess up, eat bad, not work out - I do all those things. It's just for the most part, when I'm working, I don't feel like I have the choice. I have to bring my A-game.

If I were a serious person, I'd probably have a real job.

As long as I can contribute, I'll continue working.

I am so lucky to have the job that I have. I can never lose sight of the fact that people are counting on me to do my best.

I had to produce a complete page - or two or three - in one day. I took a lot of pride in my work, and I hated to do a mediocre job. Evidently, some of the writers enjoyed my work best of all for that very reason.

The last thing I think I am is perfect. I'm just trying to do the best job I can. I'm trying to be the best father I can to my kids. I'm trying to do the best job I can running my business.

I am hands-on in any project that I am associated with. I just don't want to put my face or name and lend it to a product that I'm not behind a hundred percent.

If I'm going to do something, I'm going to do it well. That's just my character, that's just the way it is with me.

The necessity to constantly turn in an excellent performance, to be absolutely wedded to this dedication and this ideal means that as a child you're going to pay for it personally.