The key element in tragedy is that heroes and heroines are destroyed by that which appears to be their greatest strength.

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

If you have to put someone on a pedestal put teachers. They are society's heroes.

The media need superheroes in science just as in every sphere of life but there is really a continuous range of abilities with no clear dividing line.

As we continue to fight the War on Terror it is imperative that we protect America's fallen heroes by ensuring that they are treated with respect while being laid to rest.

When leaders take back power when they act as heroes and saviors they end up exhausted overwhelmed and deeply stressed.

Heroes are those who can somehow resist the power of the situation and act out of noble motives or behave in ways that do not demean others when they easily can.

The law has no power over heroes.

I never appreciated 'positive heroes' in literature. They are almost always cliches copies of copies until the model is exhausted. I prefer perplexity doubt uncertainty not just because it provides a more 'productive' literary raw material but because that is the way we humans really are.

Since those who believe they need a hero/celebrity outnumber the actual heroes/celebrities people feel safe and comfortably justified in numbers committing egregious crimes in the name of the greater social ego. Ironically diminishing their own true hero-celebrity nature in the process.