The thing about relationships is, the stronger they get, the more rapidly the realm of romance starts to overlap with the domestic. – Lynn Coady
My books fall in the wobbly middle between historical fiction and historical romance. – Lauren Willig
In my 20s, I became obsessed with the role-playing game ‘Romance of the Three Kingdoms,’ named after a classical Chinese novel, and later ‘The Sims,’ a life-simulation game, and ‘StarCraft,’ a science-fiction game. – Kim Young-ha
The lovers of romance can go elsewhere for satisfaction but where can the lovers of truth turn if not to history? – Katharine Anthony
Be it whim or emergency, the modern laboratory is equally at the service of romance, equally ready to gratify mankind with a torpedo or a toy. – Richard Le Gallienne
While we look to the dramatist to give romance to realism, we ask of the actor to give realism to romance. – Oscar Wilde
I can also romance a guy if I like the character and the script. Obviously, only in the film! – Sushant Singh Rajput
It’s nice that there are movies and songs about romance – it’s what motivates us as human beings. I’m all for being brainwashed by rom-coms. – Zooey Deschanel
I’m so thrilled to have won the RITA. The award is particularly special because it is given by other romance authors. It’s deeply rewarding and not a little humbling to be honored by such a talented tribe of writers. – Sarah MacLean
Romance is dead – it was acquired in a hostile takeover by Hallmark and Disney, homogenized, and sold off piece by piece. – Yeardley Smith
Like so many others, I came to romance during the golden age of it – Judith McNaught, Julie Garwood, Johanna Lindsey and Jude Deveraux were at the height of their historical domination. Without those women, I wouldn’t be a romance novelist. – Sarah MacLean
India-Pakistan war and romance have always been sensitive issues for film-makers in both the countries. – Yami Gautam
In 1976, I read a book by Kathleen E. Woodiwiss and knew immediately that I, too, could write a historical romance. It took me a year to complete the manuscript. I was a forty-year-old Scarborough housewife who knew no one in publishing. – Virginia Henley
I still tend to read more urban fantasy and romance than science-fiction, but every once in a while, a couple of books will come along and knock my socks off. – Shiloh Walker
Even the geekiest of guys could get the girl if he read every romance novel that came out in any given month. – Teresa Medeiros
No matter where I go, I actually have a lot of couples coming and telling me that one of my songs was instrumental in strengthening their romance! – Shreya Ghoshal
There are two words that send romance authors into spasms of rapture: ‘Downton Abbey.’ – Teresa Medeiros