Cornelia Funke Quotes

I don't make romantic films. I make films about human relationships.

Sadly, I haven't been doing a lot of kissing lately.

Books are a poor substitute for female companionship, but they are easier to find.

Our affections are our life. We live by them; they supply our warmth.

Love is not some complex, mystical abstraction. It is something accessible and human that we learn through our everyday experience, as often at times of failure as in moments of ecstasy.

The bonds of love are what connect us to the other side.

A relationship has to be cultivated. There have to be feelings of love for another first. But then you have to really like the person.

I don't think I've ever properly been in love. I've had a few girlfriends and have liked them loads, but I'm not sure it was love.

I want to be kissed by the people I love.

I believe that love between people is the greatest life-giving force in the world. It's intensely frustrating and inevitably makes a fool of you, but you can't stop going back to it, and it's pretty much the defining experience of a human being.

I don't think you should feel about a film. You should feel about a woman, not a movie. You can't kiss a movie.

I love nicknames. It makes me feel loved. It makes me feel less alone in this world.

When it came to kissing, Harlow was the best.

I'm just writin' about my little ol' love affair.

Love is a mess, at best, and I figure it can be very real in spite of all the things people try to attach to it.

Well, there are different levels of love.

And most people have a woman in their heart, most men have a woman in their heart and most women have a man in their heart.

The best way to hold a man is in your arms.

There can be nothing without love. No money, no power. Love is very important. When you wake up in the morning, you need to know that somebody else is waking up, thinking of you.

In the graver and more sentimental communication of man and man, the head still bears the superior sway; in the unreserved intimacies of man and woman, the heart is ever uppermost. Feeling is the main thing, and judgment passes for little.

There are many doors to the heart.

'Faces of Love' is asking about what the fundamental nature of love is.

Everyone has been in love, at some point or another.

Human love and desire is my bag.

I think you realize how much you need to have people that you love. It's not as much about them loving you - it's about you needing to love people.