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People have their complexities. They have their heroic moments and their villainous moments, too.

People aren't universally heroic.

Very few of my characters are totally heroic or totally villainous.

I try to give both my heroes and villains an emotional dimensionality which provides the motivation for their actions.

Often, what allows someone to behave heroically in dire circumstances is unpalatable in day-to-day life.

I don't really like heroes who always behave heroically. That's not interesting to me.

Nurture your minds with great thoughts. To believe in the heroic makes heroes.

When you are a hero you are always running to save someone, sweating, worried and guilty. When you are a villain you are just lurking in the shadows waiting for the hero to pass by. Then you pop them in the head and go home... piece of cake.

Heroism often results as a response to extreme events.

I think on some level, that's a fear that exists in everybody, that if we're tested, we won't make the courageous choice. We won't make the decision that would make us heroic. We make the decision that would reveal us to be all too human.