Sydney Pollack Quotes

A love story, at least a convincing one, requires three elements - the lover, the beloved, and the adventures they have together.

Every love story needs a catalyst of some sort.

A good love story always keeps the pot boiling.

People love to be told stories, but it's the sugar that draws you into the theater.

Almost every story has a romantic angle to it.

Nothing is more interesting in a novel or a play than an affair.

In a romantic comedy, it's usually a good idea to have people who can't stand the fact that they are attracted to each other.

You know, we love stories and we love narrative; we love to get lost in an author's world.

'Comfort Me with Apples' is a love story, or better, two love stories. And since it deals with a later period in my life, most of the people who appear in it are living.

My novels are often about people who are in love or attracted to each other.

At the beginning and at the end of love, the two lovers are embarrassed to find themselves alone.

I think great romance needs great obstacles and textures.

I love a really good storyline.

Every book should have a romance.

I don't believe in trouble. Because I think that trouble is sometimes good, sometimes bad. I've been known to be called trouble, which I think is quite a compliment. But I suppose, thinking about it, that my best and worst trouble has always had something to do with a man.

We love a tale of heroes and villains and conflicts requiring a neat resolution.

It just seems like the most successful, iconic love stories are not so easy or escapist. I think the ones that stay with us and resonate are full of conflict, discord and misunderstandings 'cause that's what makes drama happen or tension even if it's a comedy.

Action, reaction, motivation, emotion, all have to come from the characters. Writing a love scene requires the same elements from the writer as any other.

Human beings love stories because they safely show us beginnings, middles and ends.

I believe all stories are love stories, and there are kinds and kinds of love, so I will always write about love, but not necessarily romance.

The audience wants to be attracted not by the critics, but by a great story. You must deliver to the audience emotion - and when I say emotion, I mean suspense, drama, love.

You very seldom see a picture where you watch the process of falling in love.

I've always loved writing emotionally rich, character-driven novels that explore the way people fall in love and deal with life's triumphs and tragedies. I enjoy writing the contemporary and historical books equally, though perhaps 'enjoy' is the wrong word.

Even if it's a thriller or a comedy, it's always a love story for me, and that's what I concentrate on, because the love stories are my surrogates for the argument: two people in conflict that see life differently.

I love being a storyteller. I love telling stories.