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I don't write romance novels. -- Nicholas Sparks
I think sex is a very minor part of most romance novels. -- Lauren Willig
A romance novel should leave readers joyous. My books all have happy endings. -- Judith McNaught
I would be rejected if I submitted any of my novels as romance novels. -- Nicholas Sparks
Recently, I haven't had too much time to read. But I love a good romance novel. -- Jourdan Dunn
When I was growing up, I always read horror books, while my sister read romance novels. -- Dorothy Allison
Not to disparage anything, but most vampire stories tend to be romance novels that are 'Twilight'-ish with metrosexual guys. -- Mark Pellegrino
Romance novels satisfy a very specific fantasy of romantic love that seems to be a powerful part of the female psyche. -- Melissa Pritchard
I had a romance novel inside me, but I paid three sailors to beat it out if me with steel pipes. -- Patton Oswalt
Romance novels are my favorite books to read. I write young adult romances, and am so happy to be promoting this wonderful genre. -- Simone Elkeles
I keep waiting for the day in which everyone who loves 'Downton Abbey' will realize they were actually watching a historical romance novel. -- Julia Quinn
When I was little, my grandma used to get romance novels, and she would get hundreds of these, and she'd read a dozen a month. -- Chuck Palahniuk
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. -- Chevy Stevens
I like to believe my suspense novels marry the strong characters from my romance writing past, with the twisty, clever plots of my mystery writing present. -- Lisa Gardner
I've always said men should study romance novels to find out how women think and what they want, both during the courtship phase and in a lifelong partner. -- Teresa Medeiros
One of the most common criticisms of romance is that the genre is too prescribed: If every romance novel ends happily ever after, don't the stories lack complexity? Don't the readers get bored? -- Sarah MacLean
Romance novels have the power to bring love into the lives of readers. Through the characters, we get to fall in love every time we pick up a romance novel. What could be better than that? -- Lori Wilde
There are people who say they want to write novels. They think, 'I'll learn my craft on the romance novel.' If you don't love the genre, it's going to show, and it's not going to be a good book. -- Julia Quinn
I sold my first short story while I was home on maternity leave, then began working on novels. Since I was reading and enjoying romance novels at the time, the first two unpublished manuscripts I wrote were both romances. I sold my third novel, 'Call After Midnight,' to Harlequin Intrigue after submitting it unagented. -- Tess Gerritsen
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. -- Lisa Gardner
Romance novels are birthday cake and life is often peanut butter and jelly. I think everyone should have lots of delicious romance novels lying around for those times when the peanut butter of life gets stuck to the roof of your mouth. -- Janet Evanovich
The most cherished goal in physics, as in bad romance novels, is unification. -- Lee Smolin
Maybe she should stop reading those damn romance novels. They were giving her crazy expectations. -- Lexi Blake
Only in romance novels or in thrillers people live outside of a social and political context. -- Isabel Allende
What do you do when Mom leaves you alone like this? (Kat) I write romance novels. (Acheron) -- Sherrilyn Kenyon
If everybody lived as I do, surely the writing of romance novels would never have come into being. -- Albert Einstein
I loved him, but love isn't enough. All the fairy tales, the romance novels, the soap operas; they're all lies. Love does not conquer all. -- Laurell K. Hamilton
Romance is very pretty in novels, but the romance of a life is always a melancholy matter. They are most happy who have no story to tell. -- Anthony Trollope
All my life I have been reading romance novels. Those stupid books ruined me. I've always wanted that fire that every book I ever read talks about. -- Aurora Rose Reynolds
I read too many romance novels during my formative years. I have a penchant for romantic comedies. I understand why 'Romeo and Juliet' came to such a pass. -- Roxane Gay
Here's the thing about romance novels: The moment when the hero and heroine discover that they're perfect for each other is often the moment when it's them against the world. -- Sarah MacLean
My advice is to write about what you are interested in. If you read science fiction and fantasy, then write in that genre. If you read romance novels, then try writing one. -- Michael Scott
His gaze slid over me like a veil of fire. He could ignite my deepest desires with a single glance. I decided right then and there no more reading romance novels by candelight. -- Darynda Jones
I didn't know anything about romance novels until a friend suggested that I try writing one. After I read a few, I realized that my favorite part of fiction had always been the relationship aspect. -- Ruth Glick

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