Eugene Simon Quotes

I don't think villains think they are villains.

With any villain, you have to see things from their point of view and understand that they think what they're doing will make the world a better place.

No villain thinks of himself as a villain, and that's the approach I always take.

So you see, Good and Evil have the same face; it all depends on when they cross the path of each individual human being.

We always want to find good and bad guys, and I don't believe in that.

Well, you know, in any novel you would hope that the hero has someone to push back against, and villains - I find the most interesting villains those who do the right things for the wrong reasons, or the wrong things for the right reasons. Either one is interesting. I love the gray area between right and wrong.

I was fascinated that everybody in the story thinks that they're in the right.

I'm no angel, but I'm no monster, either.

There's no black and white in this world; it's all grey. That's what people are like! No one think they're a baddie. Everyone thinks they're trying to do their bit to make the world a better place.

I don't believe so much in good and evil.

Every villain has their belief system that makes perfect sense to them.

A lot of the best villains are the ones that think they are right. That think they are the good guy.

Keep in mind, Eragon, that no one thinks himself a villain, and few make decisions they think are wrong. A person may dislike his choice, but he will stand by it because, even in the worst circumstances, he believes that it was the best option available to him at the time.

Every villain is a hero in his own mind.

Why are we talking about this good and evil? They're just names for sides. We know that.

The idea of goodies and baddies has always fascinated me, and what people consider to be a goodie or a baddie, because I've never seen any of my characters as baddies.

The greatest bad guys, you understand where they're coming from. They believe they're doing the right thing. Sometimes it's for greed, sometimes it's for other reasons, but they are what they call the center of good. They always believe they're doing the right thing.

I don't believe that there's a good guy and a bad guy. Unless it's like Superman or Batman, there is no good guy and bad guy.

Nobody is a villain in their own story. We're all the heroes of our own stories.

My idea of what's good and bad and right and wrong is maybe greyer than most, and I like writing about that.

Usually, characters that are doing something nefarious have some extra layers to them. The general rule is bad people don't necessarily think they are bad.

That's sort of what I like about this character is that he's not the good guy, he's not truly the bad guy.

Nobody wakes up in the morning thinking, 'I'm a bad guy.' They think they're the right guy.

I think, to me, I was always taught you never approach any character as a villain. Every human being on earth really believes that they're doing the best thing. We all have our rationalizations.

In reality, there are very few villains who view themselves as villains. They just have a certain agenda at a certain time.