If the reader cares, I don't think it matters so much…

If the reader cares, I dont think it matters so much whether your hero is in fact an anti-hero.

— Barry Eisler

If you don't have people that the reader cares about and stories that are gripping, you've got nothing.

— Jennifer Egan

Good characters the reader cares about combined with an intriguing plot. Do those two and you've got it made.

— Bob Mayer

There are two tests that we [writers] have for all of our writing: So What? and Who Cares? There is an answer to both.…

— Richard Bach

Our everyday cares, making a living, the crazy rat race of life, often make us forget the value of a good deed. Thus, the…

— Shari Arison

“A novel requires a hero, and here there's a deliberate collection of all the traits for an anti-hero”

— Dostoyevsky, Fyodor

It's always more fun to be an anti-hero. They're more interesting.

— Hugh Grant

I'm always attracted to anti-hero roles.

— Peter Dinklage

The great thing about Burgess's work is the dichotomy of making the hero or anti-hero an immoral man. And that's what makes it interesting.…

— Malcolm McDowell

“What were you doing with her?” The words burst from my lips. Before I can take them back, he stares at me. I stare…

— L. Jayne

Perhaps some of the appeal of the dangerous-but-yummy paranormal anti-hero lies in his scorn for societal expectations. Yes, women have come a long way,…

— Jeaniene Frost

I don't think the Hulk is a superhero. He's the first Marvel character who is a tragic monster. Really an anti-hero.

— Ang Lee

I went to film school so I have a writing and directing background, and I think a lot of the material I'm interested in…

— Danny McBride

“A grim expression came over Syah’s face. “The colt you speak of lost its mother during a storm. If this stallion was that colt,…

— Danielle Raver

I think, generally, the flawed anti-hero is much more interesting than the normal hero, and that's really what we're talking about here as it…

— Tod Goldberg