Harvey Pekar - I always wanted praise, and I always wanted attention; I won't lie to you. I was ...

Harvey Pekar Zitate

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 write about me, not me about them. So I thought, 'What could I do? I can't sing, I can't dance, I can't act or anything like that. OK, I can write.'

Harvey Pekar

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Deutsche Übersetzung

Ich wollte immer Lob, und ich wollte immer Aufmerksamkeit. Ich werde dich nicht anlügen. Ich war Jazzkritiker und das war mir nicht gut genug. Ich wollte, dass die Leute über mich schreiben, nicht über mich. Also dachte ich: Was kann ich tun? Ich kann nicht singen, ich kann nicht tanzen, ich kann nicht handeln oder so etwas. OK, ich kann schreiben. '

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