“It's a very romantic sentiment, but to think that you would die if you didn't write, well, I would definitely choose to not write and live.”
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“I'm a big romantic, traditional, cheesy guy.”
“You're an actor, are you? Well, all that means is: you are irresponsible, irrational, romantic, and incapable of handling an adult emotion or a universal concept without first reducing it to something personal, material, sensational - and probably sexual!”
“I broke my nose in gym when a ball hit me. I took a girl to her debutante ball the next week wearing a tux and a big, honking bandage. Not the romantic night she had in mind.”
“I don't ever want to be a sentimentalist. I prefer to be a realist. I'm not a romantic really.”
“The Romantic poets were the prototype ramblers, and I've often found myself following in their footsteps - although perhaps not all of their footsteps since a typical walk for Samuel T. Coleridge might last two days and cover 145km.”
“The Southern whites are in many respects a great people. Looked at from a certain point of view, they are picturesque. If one will put oneself in a romantic frame of mind, one can admire their notions of chivalry and bravery and justice.”
“Women today are dealing with both their independence and also the fact that their lives are built around finding and satisfying the romantic models we grew up with.”
“I think that the romantic impulse is in all of us and that sometimes we live it for a short time, but it's not part of a sensible way of living. It's a heroic path and it generally ends dangerously.”
“I've always been sort of addicted to genre-jumping. I've never been in the mood to do the same thing I did last time. Hence, me going from 'Big Love' to romantic comedy, to period film... I can't sit still.”
“I love Valentine's Day! I love it, I love it, I love it. I like having doors opened for me. My favorite romantic comedy is 'When Harry Met Sally.'”
“And I don't believe that children are innocent. In fact, no one seriously believes that. Just go to a playground and watch the kids playing in the sandbox! The romantic notion of the sweet child is simply the parents projecting their own wishes.”
“I know most people use their phones to tell time, but there's something very romantic and beautiful about a timepiece.”
“Latin men are the most passionate men in the world - they may not be the most aggressive, but they are very passionate, very romantic.”
“My husband, Sal, and I put date nights on the calendar once a week. I know that doesn't sound romantic, but otherwise it won't get done.”
“It's easier to write from my own life, and it's also more fun. I always write about relationships, for instance, whether they're romantic relationships, friendships, encounters... there's always a lesson to be learned from them.”
“I'm not a romantic.”
“I'm a romantic.”
“I don't think that digital photography is romantic yet. It's not sympathetic the way that film is.”
“I have a great wife and it's very easy to be romantic because it makes her happy and then my life is so much better when she's happy.”
“I think opera has gained a kind of glamorous appeal. It's a live performance that aligns all of the arts, and when it is represented in the media, in film in particular, it is presented as something that is really a special event, whether it's a great date or something that's just hugely romantic.”
“The whole romantic part of my life was a wipeout. I didn't even own a belt.”
“I'm not the most romantic guy, although I do try.”
“If I were given a choice between two films and one was dark and explored depraved, troubled or sick aspects of our culture, I would always opt for that over the next romantic comedy.”