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A romance novel should leave readers joyous. My books all have happy endings. -- Judith McNaught
My books fall in the wobbly middle between historical fiction and historical romance. -- Lauren Willig
When I was growing up, I always read horror books, while my sister read romance novels. -- Dorothy Allison
Anyone who reads advice books about romance has one problem to begin with: bad taste in literature. -- Roger Ebert
I love to read history books, which is where I get my ideas. I also read historical romance for pleasure. -- Virginia Henley
I have 20 or 30 books completely plotted out in my mind - mysteries, thrillers, horror, romance, science fiction. You name it. -- Christopher Paolini
I don't read thrillers, romance or mystery, and I don't read self-help books because I don't believe in shortcuts and loopholes. -- Isabel Allende
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
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I always think the most romantic books or films are the ones where the romance doesn't happen, because it makes your heart ache so much watching it. -- Natalie Portman
I think people underestimate the romance audience. It's everything from career women to high school girls to elderly women. I have male readers, too, especially for the Civil War books. -- Heather Graham Pozzessere
I think of my books now as suspense novels, usually with a love story incorporated. They're absolutely a lot harder to write than romances. They take more plotting and real character development. -- Sandra Brown
In my books and in romance as a genre, there is a positive, uplifting feeling that leaves the reader with a sense of encouragement and hope for a brighter future - or a brighter present. -- Debbie Macomber
Most of the books and films I love walk a knife edge between romance and cynicism, and I wanted 'One Day' to stay on that line. I wanted it to be moving, but without being manipulative. -- David Nicholls
As for genre, my adult books are usually filed under science fiction / fantasy, although some stores put them into romance, and few have stuck them into horror. I consider all my books a mix of steampunk and urban fantasy. -- Gail Carriger
I say, 'I write romance, women's fiction, chick lit.' I think it all fits very comfortably under the same umbrella. Basically, I write books for women - books about relationships: books that make you laugh and sometimes make you cry a little. -- Susan Elizabeth Phillips
I can't seem to help writing love stories. I definitely crave romance. When I was young, I craved romance in books, but I didn't want to read just romance - love plays such a big part in our lives, it shouldn't be cut out and restricted to its own fiction. -- Rainbow Rowell
When I made the leap from category romance to larger single-title books, I was encouraged to make the book 'big,' and suspense was allowed. Over the years, I've been able to write the kind of books I love, with a balance of suspense and romance. How lucky am I? -- Lisa Jackson
People will say, 'I really don't like romance,' or, 'I don't read it - at all!' So how do they know? Weirdly, I think that the 'Fifty Shades of Grey' phenomenon introduced women to romance who would never have read it. And that means that they then go on to read my books, and that would be great. -- Ruth Glick
My mother was an avid readerShe loved books about romance. Books that took place in faraway places and times. Stories with costumes -- Adriana Trigiani
I am an author of Christian Fantasy. My first 7 books were Christian Romance, but I came over to the Dark Side when I heard there were cookies. -- Donita K. Paul
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

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