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I was never able to write seriously about heroes because I was very aware that I was not one and that in my background there was not this heroic thing.

Heroes to me are guys that sit in libraries. They absorb knowledge and then the risks they take are calculated on the basis of the courage it took to become replete with knowledge.

Heroes are people who rise to the occasion and slip quietly away.

Heroes are those who can somehow resist the power of the situation and act out of noble motives, or behave in ways that do not demean others when they easily can.

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

You know, heroes are ordinary people that have achieved extraordinary things in life.

I admire many people, but I am not sure that I have any 'heroes.'

I've always written about heroes and wondered who they are.

I never tire of the heroes that I knew growing up. The fun is not that much different from doing a television show: You're stuck with a certain set of rules, and then, rather than trying to break them, it's just trying to peel away and see what's underneath them. That to me is really fun.