I was married when I was 17. I knew nothing. I was full of romance.

Romance is dead - it was acquired in a hostile takeover by Hallmark and Disney homogenized and sold off piece by piece.

There are certain romances that belong in certain cities in a certain atmosphere in a certain time.

I'm a feminist but I think that romance has been taken away a bit for my generation. I think what people connect with in novels is this idea of an overpowering encompassing love - and it being more important and special than anything and everything else.

Romance is everything.

Romance is thinking about your significant other when you are supposed to be thinking about something else.

I think romance is anything honest. As long as it's honest it's so disarming.

Too many women throw themselves into romance because they're afraid of being single then start making compromises and losing their identity. I won't do that.

The telephone which interrupts the most serious conversations and cuts short the most weighty observations has a romance of its own.

French is the language that turns dirt into romance.