Heroic Quest Quotes

When I was a boy, I always saw myself as a hero in comic books and in movies. I grew up believing this dream.

And so I am become a knight of the Kingdom of Dreams and Shadows

I would rather portray the hero if it's a really great film. All my favorite fictional film characters are heroes, such as in 'The Last of the Mohicans' and 'Robin Hood.'

The Golden Crane flies for Tarmon Gai'don!

The call to adventure signifies that destiny has summoned the hero.

Heroes in drama are people who try hard to reach a virtuous ideal. And whether they succeed or fail really doesn't matter - it's the trying that counts.

I can remember watching 'Lord of the Rings' and being truly regretful that I wasn't a being in that world.

Once more on my adventure brave and new.

Jack leaped over the gate, his sword aflame. To vanquish his foe and rescue his love.

Most Robin Hood stories are not very exciting. There are not a lot of surprises.

Well I'm the Prince and I'm sort of slaying a dragon - which is something I've never done before, obviously.

We've been told the same story for so long. We've seen literally 1,000 'Lord of the Rings' movies.

This game's stupid," said Lief. "Who the heck is Zelda, anyway?

The adventure that the hero is ready for is the one he gets.

I definitely love fantasy and would want to be in a fantasy project.

If I have to pick one story that most influenced 'The Hunger Games,' it would be the Greek myth of Theseus, which I read when I was about 8 years old. In punishment for past deeds, Athens periodically had to send seven youths and seven maidens to a labyrinth. In the maze was this Minotaur, and it would eat them.

Fantasy films tend to skew towards what Tolkien fantasy was, which is that the humans, the Hobbits, and the cute creatures are the good guys, and everything that's ugly are the bad guys.

He's looking for the president's kidnapped daughter; everybody he calls on to help him is busy, but lo and behold, you look across the room, and I'm waiting for that action.

I like Aurora, 'Sleeping Beauty,' because she's just sleeping and looking pretty and waiting for boys to come kiss her. Sounds like a good life - lots of naps and cute boys fighting dragons to come kiss you.

I'd always had a hankering to write some old-school sword and sorcery. And there certainly are advantages to that particular form - for one thing, you're able to go all-out on the imaginative front, with a lot less concern for the usual unities of time and space and character.

At this slower pace the journey took a couple of days, and I fought off a few minor threats along the way --griffins, carnivorous plants, giant serpents, hostile centaurs, that sort of thing, purely routine --and I was beginning to get bored when at last the dusky towers of Castle Roogna hove into view.

If you want to be a hero, you've got to take hero shots.

Sinbad is a great character for any actor to be able to play: impulsive, adventurous, passionate, loyal, and brave - a true hero.

It's been a long time since I've written old-fashioned sword and sorcery; I'm hoping it's like riding a bicycle.

Happy he who like Ulysses has made a great journey.