Lisa Jewell Quotes

I'm probably the furthest from being romantic that you've ever seen; I'm not even close to being romantic in any way until I have to be.

I am not at all a romantic person, I hate flowers and candles... rather find it irritating.

I'm not soppy-romantic. I don't buy Valentine's cards or any of that cheesy crap.

I'm not really a fan of Valentine's Day. I think it can be romantic doing nothing on Valentine's Day. It's more romantic than being given a big bunch of flowers that everyone else is doing.

I am not doting and am not romantic. I can have spurts of romance but am not consistently romantic.

What we need to know about loving is no great mystery. We all know what constitutes loving behavior; we need but act upon it, not continually question it. Over-analysis often confuses the issue and in the end brings us no closer to insight. We sometimes become too busy classifying, separating, and examining, to remember that love is easy. It's we who make it complicated.

I don't know about the romantic comedy route, although never say never.

I realize I love crazy ladies. Of course I don't like to think of myself as one, but maybe I am, too. I dunno. I'm always drawn to them; I think it's because I'm attracted to people who aren't in the business of people-pleasing: saying what they really think, not passive-aggressive at all.

Adultery is democracy applied to love.

Those of us who are romantic idealists …

I've had ideas for romantic comedies, but it would be a much more darkly comic version than what usually sells tickets.

Our secret desire as women is to have a guy who falls madly in love with us even though we're incredibly opinionated or we're not the sort of normal, polite, poised woman.

Especially around Valentine's Day, it's easy to find advice about sustaining a successful marriage, with suggestions for 'date nights' and romantic dinners for two. But as we spend more and more of our lives outside marriage, it's equally important to cultivate the skills of successful singlehood.

I'm unconventionally romantic.

I don't think of myself as a romantic person; I'm kind of more rough and tumble, I think. The things I'm drawn to are outdoorsy, I only get dressed up when I have to. I'm drawn to women who are into the same type of thing. If you're going to call it romantic, I'm very spontaneous. That's probably the best thing I have going for me.

I'm not very romantic. My idea of romance is more practical - like washing the car.

Some people would say again that my attitudes are cold and cerebral; I suppose if you're thinking about American sentimental movies, I suppose they would be.

Obviously, in my past, I had a quite wild relationship with Pamela Anderson.

I'm not a hopeless romantic. I'm quite the reverse. I'm a nasty piece of work, an ego maniac.

I'm attracted to stories of people who don't belong together, who embark on something and find themselves in places they don't belong.

You know how my mother and father met? In a train robbery!

I don't find these technical things like flowers and chocolates romantic at all. I think Valentine's Day makes no sense.

Bob Dole is not a romantic, at least not an immediate one. Bob Dole is not one to waste a lot of time on metaphor.

Every good love story is actually completely insane, completely mad.

Shirin Farhad' is a romantic tale of an unmarried couple who feel they can live together forever. Having crossed the marriageable age, what happens to them forms the crux of the story. The movie has several comic sequences with an emotional touch to it.