Generations Quote by Anita Baker

My heroes and heroines are often unlikely people who are dragged into situations without meaning to become involved, or people with a past that…

— Joanne Harris

There are no heroes in most of my stories. I look at our society with a critical eye and find nothing extraordinary in the…

— Naguib Mahfouz

We aren't always comfortable witnessing real frailty or vulnerability in our heroines, but I like characters who struggle, and doubt, and who don't always…

— Leigh Bardugo

My heroines are part of me and my heroes are part of what I'd like to know.

— Agnes de Mille

I try to find the human element in the character's problem. And often, it is; even if the struggle is grand and on a…

— Mark Pellegrino

It's my opinion that if you're trying to tell a realistic story that centers around realistic characters, you can't help but touch on important…

— Patrick Rothfuss

I think a lot of people relate to some of my characters' inner struggles.

— Edward Norton

Anyone who knows me well must understand and be sympathetic to my genuine need to be my own greatest hero. It is not a…

— Pat Conroy

There are people who have incredible stories that we don't talk about. People who did amazing things, men and women who faced incredible odds,…

— Rhiannon Giddens

But when a young lady is to be a heroine, the perverseness of forty surrounding families cannot prevent her. Something must and will happen…

— Jane Austen

I am always naturally drawn to heroines that have human flaws because I enjoy people that have lived their life with courage and make…

— Romola Garai

All great heroes have a flaw. It's one of the things that makes them heroes.

— Jennifer McMahon