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

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

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

People aren't universally heroic.

We tend to think of heroes only in terms of violent combat, whether it's against enemies or a natural disaster. But human beings also perform radical acts of compassion; we just don't talk about them, or we don't talk about them as much.

I love characters who are clever and smart, and you have to run to catch up with. I think there's something very appealing and rather heroic in that.

I believe that interest in heroes is universal and eternal.