Romance should never begin with sentiment. It should begin with science and end with a settlement. Votes: 5
Oscar WildeRomance is the glamour which turns the dust of everyday life into a golden haze. Votes: 4
Elinor GlynRomance is very particular to each individual and a very personalised thing. Votes: 3
Shailene WoodleyStar-crossed lovers desperate to get home together. Two hearts beating as one. Romance. Votes: 3
Suzanne CollinsRomance and poetry, ivy, lichens and wallflowers need ruin to make them grow. Votes: 3
Nathaniel HawthorneChuckling to herself, Nancy said aloud, "Romance and detective work won't mix tonight! Votes: 3
Carolyn KeeneRomance is the sweetening of the soulWith fragrance offered by the stricken heart. Votes: 3
Wole SoyinkaRomance, like alcohol, should be enjoyed but must not be allowed to become necessary. Votes: 3
Edgar FriedenbergRomance is about love. It's about two people sharing intimate moments expressing that love Votes: 3
Donell JonesRomance is the combination of something that is strange with something that is secure. Votes: 3
Gilbert K. ChestertonA man has to have sensibility, wit, mystery, tolerance, and strength... Romance also helps. Votes: 3
Carolina HerreraIn the Land of Romance, cheap candles are more valuable than ingots of gold. Votes: 3
Mehmet Murat ildanI love Elmore Leonard. To me, True Romance is basically like an Elmore Leonard movie. Votes: 3
Quentin TarantinoRomance no longer looked like so much fun, more like a repetitive stress injury⦠Votes: 3
Carol AnshawIf you look for me, I'm in the fiction section. Romance has its own section. Votes: 3
Nicholas SparksRomance is the glamour which turns the dust of everyday life into a golden haze. Votes: 3
Carolyn Gold HeilbrunRomance is a means to the end of self-completion, but love is an end in itself. Votes: 3
Gloria SteinemRomance only comes into existence where love is fatal, frowned upon and doomed by life itself. Votes: 3
Denis de RougemontLive the full life of the mind, exhilarated by new ideas, intoxicated by the Romance of the unusual. Votes: 3
Ernest HemingwayRomance isn't in my repertoire, Eva. But a thousand ways to make you come are. Let me show you. Votes: 3
Sylvia DayThere's one great script that hit my desk that I didn't change at all, and that was True Romance. Votes: 3
Tony ScottRomance is possible between two people at any age! I love feeling young and acting young as I age. Votes: 3
Kim AlexisTrue love is like ghosts, which everyone talks about and few have seen. Votes: 2
Francois de La RochefoucauldMen always want to be a woman's first love - women like to be a man's last romance. Votes: 2
Oscar WildeA tramp, a gentleman, a poet, a dreamer, a lonely fellow, always hopeful of romance and adventure. Votes: 1
Charlie ChaplinMist of the lust-for-life obnubilates the mirror, romance is reflected on. Votes: 0
Junaid e Mustafanever was there a thoroughly noble nature without some romance in it. Votes: 0
Dinah Maria Murlock CraikAnne "felt instinctively" that romance was peeping at her around a corner. Votes: 0
Lucy Maud MontgomeryFred Astaire is the Carioca, the Continental, the very Piccolino of romance. Votes: 0
Archie Frederick CollinsFamily, monogamy, romance. Everywhere exclusiveness, a narrow channelling of impulse and energy. Votes: 0
Aldous Huxley... to be "literary" appeared to my deluded innocence as an unending romance. Votes: 0
Ellen GlasgowMy books fall in the wobbly middle between historical fiction and historical romance. Votes: 0
Lauren WilligI don't write the kind of 'happily ever after' that romance readers enjoy. Votes: 0
Charlaine HarrisThe Hunger Games has epic spectacle, yearning romance and suspense that won't quit! Votes: 0
Peter TraversA romance novel should leave readers joyous. My books all have happy endings. Votes: 0
Judith McNaughtA historical romance is the only kind of book where chastity really counts. Votes: 0
Barbara CartlandThe romance of religion isn't nearly as beautiful as the reality of Christ. Votes: 0
Darlene ZschechPainting is like romance, since it is all about seeing, feeling, and interpreting. Votes: 0
Andrew McDermottThe heaven of poetry and romance still lies around us and within us. Votes: 0
Henry Wadsworth LongfellowIn the meanest hut is a romance, if you knew the hearts there. Votes: 0
Karl August Varnhagen von EnseLove is a reality which is born in the fairy region of romance. Votes: 0
Charles Maurice de TalleyrandHistory is a romance that is believed; romance, a history that is not believed. Votes: 0
Horace WalpoleEveryone thinks romance is weak. Yet romance is everyone's secret dream-it's why we're alive. Votes: 0
Michael ShurtleffThe thing we call romance is a diversion from something truer, which is life. Votes: 0
Jamaica KincaidIt's all about the triumph of intellect and romance over brute force and cynicism. Votes: 0
Craig FergusonPassion is universal humanity. Without it religion, history, romance and art would be useless. Votes: 0
Honore de BalzacI think romance is anything honest. As long as it's honest, it's so disarming. Votes: 0
Kristen StewartI totally have no love for that whole romance for that Antebellum time period. Votes: 0
Quentin TarantinoNot for the first time, I reflected that intimacy and romance are not synonymous. Votes: 0
Diana GabaldonBelieve that your faith has everything to do with your romance, because it does. Votes: 0
Jeffrey R. Holland[Science fiction is] a mode of romance with a strong inherent tendency to myth. Votes: 0
Northrop FryeA task, any task, undertaken in an adventurous spirit acquires the merit of romance. Votes: 0
Joseph ConradI decided to write category romance as I'd recently discovered them, and enjoyed them. Votes: 0
Nora RobertsNo sentimentality, no romance, no false hope, no self-petting lies, merely that which is! Votes: 0
Sheri S. TepperMost films these days are men's stories. Women are for add-on romance. That's very hard. Votes: 0
Uma ThurmanIn a great romance, each person basically plays a part that the other really likes. Votes: 0
Elizabeth AshleyThere are two words that send romance authors into spasms of rapture: 'Downton Abbey.' Votes: 0
Teresa MedeirosHoneymoons are the beginning of wisdom--but the beginning of wisdom is the end of romance. Votes: 0
Helen RowlandThat's why there's so little romance in our world now: everyone thinks romance is weak. Votes: 0
Michael ShurtleffGet into the habit of saying, ''Speak, Lord,'' and life will become a romance. Votes: 0
Oswald ChambersPilots are drawn to flying because it's a perfect combination of science, romance and adventure. Votes: 0
Charles LindberghBookstores see a book by a woman and they put it in the romance section. Votes: 0
Barbara Taylor BradfordMaybe our generation is more about sex, but it feels like romance is dying out. Votes: 0
Orlando BloomThird party politics, at least since La Follette, has always had an element of romance. Votes: 0
John Kenneth GalbraithMaybe she should stop reading those damn romance novels. They were giving her crazy expectations. Votes: 0
Lexi BlakeScience is not only a disciple of reason but, also, one of romance and passion. Votes: 0
Stephen HawkingThe real romance is out ahead and yet to come. The computer revolution hasn't started yet. Votes: 0
Alan KayI have nothing against romanticism. I'm all for it. I'm helpless in the face of romance. Votes: 0
Bill NighyThe best romance is inside marriage; the finest love stories come after the wedding, not before. Votes: 0
Irving StoneThe language of pornography is abusive, that of romance adoring. Both are addressed to a fetish. Votes: 0
Mason CooleyThere is a fundamental difference between men and women - women need romance, men need intrigue. Votes: 0
Sherry ArgovThere's an obvious romance to being the drinking writer. But if I'm drinking, I'm not writing. Votes: 0
Liz BrixiusIn romance or friendship, what's important is how much you love the other person." - Gackt Votes: 0
GacktOnly in romance novels or in thrillers people live outside of a social and political context. Votes: 0
Isabel AllendeTrue friendship must be akin to romance, I think. only without all the anguish and anxiety. Votes: 0
Jacqueline CareyAs a lifelong romance reader, its always satisfying to get to talk to other romance readers! Votes: 0
Melissa MarrPeople will always need love, romance, a tender touch, and really personal and deeply felt music. Votes: 0
Susannah McCorkle...what is romance, but a mutual pact of delusion? When the pact ends , there's nothing left. Votes: 0
Zoë HellerAs a lifelong romance reader, it's always satisfying to get to talk to other romance readers! Votes: 0
Melissa MarrI don't like to search too much. I find it is easier when romance finds you. Votes: 0
Michelle TrachtenbergWhen I was growing up, I always read horror books, while my sister read romance novels. Votes: 0
Dorothy AllisonThe romance of life begins and ends with two blank pages. Age and extreme old age. Votes: 0
Jean PaulWar loses a great deal of its romance after a soldier has seen his first battle. Votes: 0
John S. MosbyI'd love to romance Aishwarya Rai. But I'm 58 now. So I have to play her father. Votes: 0
Amitabh BachchanI like romance, I like glamour and I like realism. I think that's a great combination. Votes: 0
Ralph LaurenThere's some of Romeo's romance in me... I romanticise a lot of things in my mind.. Votes: 0
Leonardo DiCaprioWhile you see a chance take it, find romance, fake it, because it's all on you. Votes: 0
Steve WinwoodRecently, I haven't had too much time to read. But I love a good romance novel. Votes: 0
Jourdan DunnI want to have a romance so grand,it would have made Shakespeare fumble for words. Votes: 0
Sanober KhanTradition lives because young people come along who catch its romance and add new glories to it. Votes: 0
Michael NovakAnyone who reads advice books about romance has one problem to begin with: bad taste in literature. Votes: 0
Roger EbertI'm writing my next book under a pseudonym. It will be Mark Twain's best young adult romance." Votes: 0
Benson BrunoI am a better person when I let myself have the time for romance and for love. Votes: 0
Diane KrugerThere will always be romance in the world so long as there are young hearts in it. Votes: 0
Christian Nestell BoveeSeminaked men! Jacky trilled. âWith swords, Kat purred. âIt is a romance novel! Votes: 0
P. C. CastI'm a feminist, but I think that romance has been taken away a bit for my generation. Votes: 0
Emma WatsonWhat do you do when Mom leaves you alone like this? (Kat) I write romance novels. (Acheron) Votes: 0
Sherrilyn KenyonI think my idea of a perfect romance is when two people really belong to each other. Votes: 0
George MichaelI know what it's like to pine away for that summer romance you just can't get back. Votes: 0
Taylor SwiftI think every great show has that kind of romance that people just kind of yearn for. Votes: 0
Matthew MorrisonThere is grand romance in The Lord of the Rings. It's an important part of epic literature. Votes: 0
Kevin J. AndersonA lot of people in the middle of their lives have a secret yearning for more romance. Votes: 0
Jack NicholsonA diary with no drawings of me in it? Where are the torrid fantasies? The romance covers? Votes: 0
Cassandra ClareI always thought there was some romance to that '30s leftist stuff, even though I'm a Republican. Votes: 0
P. J. O'RourkeI love romantic films and love drama. Any film that has romance or romantic element is my comfort. Votes: 0
Rani MukerjiFlight is romance - not in the sense of sexual attraction, but as an experience that enriches life. Votes: 0
Stephen CoontsIf everybody lived as I do, surely the writing of romance novels would never have come into being. Votes: 0
Albert EinsteinDon't let the romance die, remember one thing that's going right in the sea of things that aren't. Votes: 0
LightsI love the house we're in, but at the same time, I'm hooked on the romance of house-hunting. Votes: 0
Sophie HannahWe prayed these wars would end all wars --In war we know is no romance.(Done With Bonaparte) Votes: 0
Mark KnopflerI now deserve love. romance, and joy - and all the good that Life has to offer me. Votes: 0
Louise HayI aim to tell the truth about any subject, not a romance or fantasy, not avoid the truth. Votes: 0
Anita DesaiA woman with romance in her life lived as grandly as a queen, because her heart was treasured. Votes: 0
Nora RobertsI am happy to report that in the war between reality and romance, reality is not the stronger. Votes: 0
John SteinbeckMen always want to be a woman's first love - women like to be a mans last romance Votes: 0
Oscar WildeI've got to believe I'm the first person to win the Newbery who has written a Harlequin romance! Votes: 0
K. A. ApplegateIn order to have a real life of any romance, there has to be a level of fantasy. Votes: 0
Jane AlisonWe prayed these wars would end all wars --In war we know is no romance."(Done With Bonaparte) Votes: 0
Mark KnopflerAdultery is not about sex or romance. Ultimately, it is about how little we mean to one another. Votes: 0
Leonard MichaelsThe only way to real mature love is to get past the tropes of what we consider 'romance.' Votes: 0
Joss WhedonI have my hands full with my kids and so romance is not high on my list of priorities. Votes: 0
Pamela AndersonThe appeal of writing a romance was that I'd never written one before the The Thorn and The Blossom. Votes: 0
Theodora GossNo offense to people who go on Tinder but I just feel like it's ruining romance, I really do, Votes: 0
Sam SmithI was 9 when I wrote 'Fate Stay with Me.' It was this fictional song about romance gone wrong. Votes: 0
Alanis MorissetteNo, Mary had no illusions about romance. Falling in love was a pretty name for it, that was all. Votes: 0
Daphne du MaurierI could not sit down to write a serious romance under any other motive than to save my life. Votes: 0
Jane AustenAll romances end in tragedy. One of the key people in a romance becomes a monster sooner or later. Votes: 0
David CronenbergAnd would it not be proud romance Falling in some obscure advance, To rise, a poppy field of France? Votes: 0
William Alexander PercyThe first step to finding a God-written love story is handing the pen to the true Author of romance. Votes: 0
Leslie LudyIf you're trying to force the story to be a straight up romance, it's going to be weird for you. Votes: 0
Karen Marie MoningI half wish that I had not been born with a sense of romance and beauty in this accursed age. Votes: 0
William MorrisWhen a man writes a romance, the woman dies. When a woman writes one, it ends all tidy and sweet. Votes: 0
Julia QuinnThis is as much a part of my story as anything else. Friendship is love as much as any romance. Votes: 0
David LevithanIâve been really blessed to have a lot of romance in my life. Itâs like my last luxury. Votes: 0
Lana Del ReyI wasn't captivated by the romance of Paris or London. I love visiting, but I'd rather be in L.A. Votes: 0
Edward RuschaI had a romance novel inside me, but I paid three sailors to beat it out of me with steel pipes. Votes: 0
Patton OswaltI had a romance novel inside me, but I paid three sailors to beat it out if me with steel pipes. Votes: 0
Patton OswaltIâve never seen a man go after a woman like that. Holy sh*t, itâs like porn with the romance. Votes: 0
Katy EvansLo! with a little rod I did but touch the honey of romance â And must I lose a soul's inheritance? Votes: 0
Oscar WildeEven in 2014, when romance heroes are as varied as their genre, somewhere in them you can still always find the alpha male. Votes: 1 Sarah MacLean
I think it's a very old and deep-seated double standard that holds that when a man writes about family and feelings, it's literature with a capital L, but when a woman considers the same topics, it's romance, or a beach book - in short, it's something unworthy of a serious critic's attention. Votes: 1 Jennifer Weiner
Eighty-five per cent of the time, people want to talk about 'True Romance.' That's the film I've made that really seems to have stuck with people. Votes: 1 Christian Slater
I'd gone to Wellesley College, an amazing women's college where the students were encouraged to follow our dreams. However, after I graduated and had a historical romance published, more than a few people indicated that, in some way, my career choice was a 'waste' of so much education. Votes: 1 Lisa Kleypas
I write nothing but contemporary romances. Votes: 3 Chuck Palahniuk
When your parents split up, it's impossible to delude yourself about fairytale romance and happy endings. Votes: 3 Jennifer Aniston
It was always a dream as I was growing up. I would watch movies, mostly American movies, and be so engrossed in those stories, all I wanted to do was be there. I wanted to be part of that romance or that fantasy or be that warrior or that struggling soul who finally makes it good. Votes: 2 Gerard Butler
As a romance novelist, I have a rather skewed view of babies. You see, they don't typically fit into the classic structure of the romance novel - romance is about two people finding each other and falling in love against insurmountable odds. Babies... well... babies are complicated. Votes: 1 Sarah MacLean
Men always want to be a woman's first love - women like to be a man's last romance. Votes: 1 Oscar Wilde
The general public doesn't expect romance authors to be Harvard graduates. Which is funny, because there are actually quite a lot of us. But this disconnect means that journalists see me as an interesting story. The tricky part is making sure they understand that there are many, many talented writers who don't have 'fancy' educations. Votes: 1 Julia Quinn
You say one more thing that sounds like it's ripped from the pages of a really bad gothic romance and I'm out of here, are we clear?" - Valkyrie Cain Votes: 3 Derek Landy
The theme of the dance was "Great Romances," or some such nonsense. There were projections of supposedly great couples from the past on the walls of the gym. Romeo and Juliet, Antony and Cleopatra, Hermione and Ron, Bonnie and Clyde, etc. Votes: 4 Gabrielle Zevin
I love historical romance, absolutely love it. Votes: 3 Julie Garwood
I've been typed as historical fiction, historical women's fiction, historical mystery, historical chick lit, historical romance - all for the same book. Votes: 1 Lauren Willig
Words outlive people, institutions, civilizations. Words spur images, associations, memories, inspirations and synapse pulsations. Words send off physical resonations of thought into the nethersphere. Words hurt, soothe, inspire, demean, demand, incite, pacify, teach, romance, pervert, unite, divide. Words be powerful. Votes: 1 Inga Muscio
We haven't lost romance in the digital age, but we may be neglecting it. In doing so, antiquated art forms are taking on new importance. The power of a handwritten letter is greater than ever. It's personal and deliberate and means more than an e-mail or text ever will. Votes: 4 Ashton Kutcher
I know nothing about love and romance, so I prefer to stick to just comedy. Votes: 3 Sandra Bullock
Women love romance, but they're not as romantic as men. Votes: 3 George Hamilton
You can't make an action movie without action, and so, you can't make a romance movie without romance. Votes: 1 George Tillman, Jr.
My Chemical Romance is done. But it can never die. Votes: 1 Gerard Way
I think romance basically starts with respect. And new romance always starts with respect. Like the song 'Love the One You're With'; there is something to that. It's not just make love to whomever you're with, it's just love whomever you're with. Votes: 3 Bill Murray
Office romances are few, short, and not usually destructive. Votes: 1 Helen Fisher
I'm obsessed with those old romance films. I also would love to venture into the silent film world. I think that's extremely compelling and interesting and really relies on the acting, even more so than when you have an actor speaking. Votes: 3 Sami Gayle
I have a low taste for urban fantasy and paranormal romance. Votes: 3 Charles Stross
I was supposed to be cleaning out the barn, but I was usually reading romance novels. That's how you grow up to be a thriller writer. Votes: 3 Chevy Stevens
My mom is very romantic. As is my dad. They appreciate real romance. Votes: 3 Ansel Elgort
Most books set in England between 1800 and 1840 have a 'Regency' feel. The reason that era is so useful for romance authors stems from the wide-ranging social changes that were occurring over that time, and the parallels, or echoes, those create with our time and the lives of our readers. Votes: 1 Stephanie Laurens
When I was growing up, I always read horror books, while my sister read romance novels. Votes: 1 Dorothy Allison
The general public doesn't expect romance authors to be Harvard graduates. Which is funny, because there are actually quite a lot of us. But this disconnect means that journalists see me as an interesting story. The tricky part is making sure they understand that there are many, many talented writers who don't have 'fancy' educations. Votes: 1 Julia Quinn
But poetry, beauty, romance, love, these are what we stay alive for. Votes: 2 Robin Williams
Cinema Paradiso, because it reminds me of why I make movies, the magic of movies, the romance of movies. Votes: 1 Antoine Fuqua
I still read romance, and I read suspense. I read them both. And part of it is, I like stories with strong characters, and I like stories where there's closure at the end. And I like stories where there's hope. That's a kind of empowerment. I think romance novels are very empowering, and I think suspense novels are, too. Votes: 3 Lisa Gardner
I've found that readers of historical romances really like series because they get to revisit characters and find out what happens with them. I've done several series. Votes: 1 Nicole Jordan
Romeo and Juliet *died*. I always liked that in a teen romance story. Votes: 3 James Nicoll
Librarians and romance writers accomplish one mission better than anyone, including English teachers: we create readers for life - and what could be more fulfilling than that? Votes: 3 Susan Elizabeth Phillips
There is something sinister, something quite biographical about what I do - but that part is for me. It's my personal business. I think there is a lot of romance, melancholy. There's a sadness to it, but there's romance in sadness. I suppose I am a very melancholy person. Votes: 1 Alexander McQueen
I've found that readers of historical romances really like series because they get to revisit characters and find out what happens with them. I've done several series. Votes: 1 Nicole Jordan