We love a tale of heroes and villains and conflicts requiring a neat resolution. — Barry Ritholtz Copy Share Image
What's important at this time is to re-clarify the difference between hero and villain. — J. Edgar Hoover Copy Share Image
“The problem with heroes and villains is that it’s not always easy to tell which is which. Particularly when you are one.” — Jessica Meats Copy Share Image
“He needed time to adjust to real life, where heroes and villains could not be told apart by their looks or their… — Laila Lalami Copy Share Image
It was so much more comfortable to be able to divide people into heroes and villains and expect them to play their… — Mary Balogh Copy Share Image
democracy produces both heroes and villains, but it differs from a fascist state in that it does not produce a hero who… — Margaret Halsey Copy Share Image
I also try very hard to create characters - both heroes and villains - with psychological depth. — Jeffery Deaver Copy Share Image
“Collective achievement, of course, is less appealing both to the participants and to those later reading about it as the human impulse… — Matthew Restall Copy Share Image
I like grey characters; fantasy for too long has been focused on very stereotypical heroes and villains. — George R. R. Martin Copy Share Image
“Heroes and villains are sometimes indistinguishable, mainly, says Furst, because most of Europe was "scared to death." "I” — Anonymous Copy Share Image
As the war between light and darkness continues Heroes and villains become harder to identify Kindred spirits separated at birth Fighting for… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
It's a movie, OK? I went to see GONE WITH THE WIND, but did I really believe there was a guy named… — Don Hewitt Copy Share Image
Not everything that is good make everyone happy. A heroic act may be considered as an act of a villain by others.… — Frank Matobo Copy Share Image
A friend of mine who used to be my boss at ESPN once was asked why sports had exploded the way it… — Mike Lupica Copy Share Image
“I hated this business of being grown-up. I hated having to make decisions where I didn't know what was behind the door.… — Marian Keyes Copy Share Image
There are new words now that excuse everybody. Give me the good old days of heroes and villains, the people you can… — Bette Davis Copy Share Image
Embracing and rejecting tradition, bound and liberated by faith, torn between obscurantism and reason, self-assured and self-critical, they were a kaleidoscope of… — Israel Shenker Copy Share Image
“There’s a long, uncomfortable silence in which I contemplate what might happen next. Maybe like the villain in a movie, this is… — Kat Kruger Copy Share Image
“War is too messy to produce easy heroes and villains; there are always brave people on the wrong side, and evil men… — Ben Macintyre Copy Share Image
God! I hated this business of being grown-up. I hated having to make decisions where I didn't know what was behind the… — Marian Keyes Copy Share Image
I love playing all kinds of roles. I hope it doesn’t sound too pretentious, but I always feel human nature is like… — Tom Hiddleston Copy Share Image
“Once that work has permeated the mainstream—once it’s found “a host body,” in David Brock’s phrase—then comes the “pivot.” Heroes and villains… — Joshua Green Copy Share Image
“This was another of our fears: that Life wouldn't turn out to be like Literature. Look at our parents--were they the stuff… — Julian Barnes Copy Share Image
“The sky pulsed with stars. Some people say it makes them lonesome when they stare up at the night sky. I can't… — Kenneth Oppel Copy Share Image
“war. Or, rather, wars. Not one, not two, but many wars, both big and small, just and unjust, wars with shifting casts… — Khaled Hosseini Copy Share Image
“I'm not saying a hunt isn't something we crave, but to a man, we hate to be manipulated. And this is our… — Rachel Caine Copy Share Image
“Which is why Slothrop now observes his coalition with hopes for success and hopes for disaster about equally high (and no, that… — Thomas Pynchon Copy Share Image
Basketball games - and seasons - make great narratives; they feature distinct acts, heroes and villains, and guaranteed resolutions. — Anthony Doerr Copy Share Image
“We talked about each story for a while, and then Verla talked about heroes and villains. 'Nobody is all good or all… — Pat Murphy Copy Share Image
“Human needs rules and penalties. Lessons require heroes and villains. Ignore them, then welcome to the jungle.” — Toba Beta Copy Share Image
Look for the contradictions in every character, especially in your heroes and villains. No one should be what they first seem to… — Elia Kazan Copy Share Image
With any good story, you need the adversary, the heroes and villains. You need a good mixture to make it work. — Phil Keoghan Copy Share Image
It is in your DNA to love a good story. You know, neat tales with heroes and villains and conflicts to resolve.… — Barry Ritholtz Copy Share Image
“Real life isn't made up of heroes and villains. Just ordinary people making choices they have to live with.” — Kat Kruger Copy Share Image
I was very interested in what happens to the husband when his wife goes missing, and how quickly they can be turned… — Gillian Flynn Copy Share Image
At three score and five, I'm very much alive. I still got the jive to survive with the heroes and villains. — The Beach Boys Copy Share Image
I try to give both my heroes and villains an emotional dimensionality which provides the motivation for their actions. — Sidney Sheldon Copy Share Image
