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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I Always Wanted Praise And I Always

Harvey Pekar

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.

Topic

Lying

Writing

People

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.)

Stupid

Math

Intelligent