"Yeah, I was a child of American popular culture." — Robert Crumb

In the fall of 1968, I became attractive to women. One day I was an ignored schlub in the street, then suddenly all these good-looking women were interested in me.

I'm just a negative person, a deeply negative person. I see the worst aspects of everything.

Throwaway pens are no good - I never liked them. I've tried them all.

The French hold onto their traditions. I was always so alienated in America. My work was this constant reaction to that.

I knew I was weird by the time I was four. I knew I wasn't like other boys. I knew I was more fearful. I didn't like the rough and tumble most boys were into. I knew I was a sissy.

In my midteens I went through a brief stage of religious fanaticism, but it was very much about just saying prayers and stuff like that, reciting rosaries and spending a lot of time on that kind of Catholic ritual.

You don't have to be a Fundamentalist Christian to be interested in the Bible. It's really a fascinating mythology.

You can't make everybody love you. It's an exercise in futility, and it's probably not even a good idea to try.

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Yeah, I was a child of American popular culture.