“The real hero must fail in order to succeed.” ArtRealOrderFailingHeroSucceedMartial ArtsReal HeroesOrder To Succeed Author:William C. Brown
“As a successful romantic novelist - one of my publishers is Mills & Boon - I create the sort of male heroes that no woman could fail to adore and few real men could hope to emulate.” MenRealSuccessfulFailingHeroMalesNovelistsAdorePublishersMillsEmulateReal MenBoon Author:P. C. Cast
“I think it's a dance that people want to see. It's a chemistry that people want to see. In the same way that people don't want to see a perfect hero with no flaws who can handle anything, people don't want to see a perfect relationship. There's nothing interesting about that. People want to see you fail.” PeopleThinkingWayWantPerfectInterestingFailingHeroHandleFlawsChemistryWant To See YouPerfect Relationship Author:Nathan Fillion
“The youth, intoxicated with his admiration of a hero, fails to see, that it is only a projection of his own soul, which he admires.” SoulFailingYouthHeroAdmireAdmirationProjectionIntoxicated Book:Essays and Lectures Source: Essays and Lectures
“I gave someone a perverse argument not so long ago about why advertising is better than movies. You want to hear it? Movies operate from a really disingenuous premise, that people are heroes. I know a lot of people and have had an opportunity over the years to observe them. Are they heroes...? Let's put it this way. Advertising tries something simpler and more believable: Products as heroes. I guess the idea is: When all else fails, put your faith in conditioner.” PeopleKnowsWayWantTryingYearsLongIdeasOpportunityFailingProductsHeroArgumentAdvertisingLong AgoPremisesBelievableWhen All Else FailsDisingenuous Author:Errol Morris
“One of my biggest heroes and people I was fortunate enough to be around is David Bowie. I look at his career, and he always had the balls to break things that weren't broken, to step away from something and try something new, at risk of failing.” PeopleTryingLooksEnoughStepsCareersBreakFailingRiskBrokenHeroBallsFortunateSomething NewBowie Author:Trent Reznor
“It is a common failing of childhood to think that if one makes a hero out of a demon the demon will be satisfied.” IfsThinkingCommonFailingChildhoodHeroSatisfiedDemon Book:Confessions of a Mask Source: Confessions of a Mask
“I think it's doubly important, now that we see so many people failing. When the norm is an anti-hero, there's a serious loss when you cannot portray a decent person on screen without it becoming slightly sentimental or feeling like it's unrealistic.” PeopleThinkingPersonsImportantFeelingsLossFailingSeriousBecomingHeroScreensDecentSentimentalNormAnti Hero Author:Brendan Gleeson
“Mythology needs heroes and it needs villains, it needs heroes to fail, it needs heroes to struggle.” NeedsStruggleFailingHeroMythologyVillain Author:William Shatner