We all want heroes and we all want somebody to look up to.

I don't hate men, I just wish they'd try harder. Theyall want to be heroes and all we want is for them to stay…

— Jeanette Winterson

In the '70s, Leo-mania was the equivalent of Beatle-mania down there and they still love me. In Australia they still want heroes.

— Leo Sayer

Maybe because All About Steve is about offbeat people, viewers don't want them to be heroes. There is something archetypal in us that we…

— Beth Grant

I am just tired of writing about heroes that we're dragging down to our level, and I want to write about heroes that we…

— Mark Waid

Every actor gets an image without wanting one. A lot of romantic heroes want an action hero tag, but they are unable to succeed…

— Bobby Deol

“Have you ever known there was something you needed to do, but found yourself dreading it with everything you were?" "Once or twice," he…

— Lynn Kurland

Yes, there are plenty of heroes and heroines everywhere you look. They are not famous people. They are generally obscure and modest people doing…

— Edward Abbey

“After that we're going to be heroes. Not because we want to, but because there are no other options.”

— Stephen King

“You don’t want to look like your heroes, you want to see like your heroes.”

— Austin Kleon

I didn’t and don’t want to be a ‘feminine’ version or a diluted version or a special version or a subsidiary version or an…

— Joanna Russ

A lot of action heroes, we're told they are heroic primarily because they commit violence upon the bad guy. It can be cathartic; it…

— Gail Simone

“Alas, it was never meant for us to hear. It was never meant for us to know. We ought never be taught to read.…

— Joanna Russ

“With my heart racing, I ran in the other direction; leaving the rest of this rescue to people who actually want to be heroes.”

— Jodi Picoult

The world's made up of individuals who don't want to be heroes.

— Brian Moore

Fans want heroes. They're bored. They want a hero and want to follow that guy.

— Jon Fitch