Leigh Michaels Quotes

I love historical romance, absolutely love it.

I write romance because I love to read romance.

We know romance novels are a huge thing. Can we do a romance novel show on our network? I'm not sure.

I don't write romance novels.

I don't write the kind of 'happily ever after' that romance readers enjoy.

I write nothing but contemporary romances.

I like romance in films. I like love in films.

It's not a conscious decision that I only want to do romantic films.

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.

I chose to write the kind of romance I love best - one with a sheikh hero.

What I really want is to play the romantic lead and get the girl.

Romantic fiction, in the broader sense, can be any novel that has a love story somewhere in it. It can be a mystery or a historical novel, as long as it has this very strong romantic thread running through it.

I'm definitely a romantic comedy dude because I'm a big romantic at heart. I'm a softy, so it's always nice to watch movies that make you think that love at first sight is actually possible.

When you say that you write romantic fiction, there are a lot of people who have an image in their mind of the 'bodice ripper.' It's the one term that most romantic fiction writers absolutely hate because it has no bearing on what people are writing.

In course of time my first novel appeared. It was a love story.

Movies are romantic fantasies.

In terms of the romantic kind of lead, I just never enjoy those movies very much. Maybe they'll come to interest me more as I get older. I doubt it, but maybe. Romantic comedies tend to be, for me, an oxymoron.

One of the pitfalls of a romantic comedy is that you know how it's going to end.

Romance novels are my favorite books to read. I write young adult romances, and am so happy to be promoting this wonderful genre.

I love romantic films and love drama. Any film that has romance or romantic element is my comfort.

Romance tends to be the whipping boy of genre fiction.

The damaged wealthy hero is actually a hugely common trope in romance, and alpha heroes are very common in romance.

A romance is a courtship story. In the 19th century, the definition of the romance genre was an escape from daily life that included adventure and love and battle. But in the 20th century, that term changed, and now it's deemed only a love story, specifically a courtship story.

I think we worry way too much about where books should fit inside genres. In a romance, the hero and heroine are on a journey together, and no matter how awful it gets, by the end of the book they'll be in love, with the probability of a happy ending.

I love romance stories; I've been working on 'School Spirit' over at Rosy Press, which is sort of a modern take on a classic romance comic - so I'm clearly a fan!