Bad guy Quote by Alex Woolfson

“In books, often the bad guys have a story too, and sometimes it is just as tragic as the hero’s.”

— Jennifer Megan Varnadore

“Every bad guy is the hero of his own tale.”

— Celia Aaron

“As a writer, I am not opposed to killing off villains. That's not the kind of later biting in the ass I prefer for…

— Gabbo De La Parra

“You know - you never wrote a story with a villain in it”

— Kurt Vonnegut

“Do you know what’s worse than a villain? A villain who thinks he’s a hero. A man like that, there’s nothing he won’t do,…

— Joe Abercrombie

“Sometimes stories get on my nerves--especially the ones where unfair things keep happening to the hero over and over, for no reason at all,…

— Susan Vaught

“And the best sort of villain is smart and subtle and so very tricky that you don't even know he's the villain, because he…

— Roseanna M. White

“Every bad guy is the hero of his own tale.” “Seriously?”

— Celia Aaron

“Characters who simply have goals opposed by others do not create the effects of a story.”

— Bill Johnson

“I want characters to do bad things and get away with their misdeeds. I want characters to think ugly thoughts and make ugly decisions.…

— Roxane Gay

“The truth is that there are no heroes. We're all villains excusing our actions by hiding behind a greater good.”

— Rachel Bach

“For a story was only as good as its villain.”

— Renee Ahdieh