Shannon Purser Quotes

Probably Lloyd in 'Say Anything' is the closest to me - or to who I was at the time. It was just a great love story about people in the '80s, and we all tried to make it feel as real as possible. It was such a wonderful time. We didn't leave anything in the gym; we put it all out there.

My parents are high school sweethearts.

I read 'Love in the Time of Cholera' when I was 19, and I still think about the characters.

I think 'Love Sonia' is a beautiful story of two sisters. Whoever will watch this film will remember their relationship with their sibling.

'American Honey' takes you into the feelings of a girl travelling through the United States while giddily in love. You see modern America through her intense feelings. But again and again the film pulls the rug out from under your feet - scenes never play out as you expect.

I'm a sucker for the big, gruff, distant, emotionally closed-off hero who sloooowly warms up to the feisty, awesome, sweet heroine.

My character Milly in 'The Boy Who Could Fly' was a very strong part. There were dramatic moments, and there were humorous moments, too. The whole story with Eric Underwood's character was just wonderful, and the messages behind the script were very important to me.

It's true: I married my college sweetheart. We were so lucky to find each other at such a young age.

Of all the novels I've written, my favorite is 'Mick Harte Was Here'.

At 16, every boyfriend I had I was going to marry.

I did a film when I was about 30; it's a coming of age story called 'Gas Food Lodging,' and I'm so proud of that little independent film. I play this young English geologist, and he's such a simple, loving kind of guy. Doesn't talk too much. He's just a quiet guy, and he gets the girl.

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

It's embarrassing to admit how many times I've reread the following: 'A Tree Grows in Brooklyn,' '1984,' 'Lord of the Flies,' 'The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter,' 'Germinal,' 'We Have Always Lived in the Castle,' and 'A Moveable Feast.'

It's the pursuit of love and happiness that is the driving force of the romantic novel.

By the time I was 10 or 12, I had discovered the lure of the romance genre - and the dusty copy of 'The Thorn Birds' on my parents' bookshelf.

I write edgy, sexy teen romances, and that's what I'll continue to do.

'Breaking Away' was a great experience. It's the kind of movie that engenders a lot of goodwill from people.

'The Vow,' I didn't know if people were going to want to see it, but we felt good about it. We we're like, 'Alright, either way, I liked the movie for what it was,' and I think we knew exactly what we were trying to do.

'Puffball' is a love story... no, it's a life story.

People love a true story and especially a true story where two people from opposite worlds come together.

Going back to my own past as a reader, I was a big, big reader of romances, particularly as a teenager, the age that my books are aimed at.

As Ralph's character begins to discover the political thriller aspect of the film, he falls deeper in love with his wife, so the two run together. That's the beauty of this film. It has fast pace and excitement, but it also has heart and soul.

I'm a big reader, so when I was in 'Pride and Prejudice,' or, like, in Poirots and Marples, those are all books that I loved, and so it was really exciting for me to inhabit characters from literature that I knew and recognized.

I was in romantic relationships with girls - whatever that means at 14.

At the time I wrote 'Forever,' I had a 14-year-old daughter, and she was reading a lot of books about young love.