I'd rather be screwed up with you than smooth with anybody else.

The most important thing is you can't write what you wouldn't read for pleasure. It's a mistake to analyze the market thinking you can write whatever is hot. You can't say you're going to write romance when you don't even like it. You need to write what you would read if you expect anybody else to read it.

Lots of people think things would be better some other way. That's why the world's lousy with theme parks.

What did she say?" Eve asked when they got into the car. "Here's love, she said, to hold until next we meet and I give you more.

If you don't step forward, you're always in the same place.

Laurel: I don't need a ring or a license, or a spetacular white dress. It's not marriage so much, or at all really, that matters. It's the promise. It's the knowing someone wants me to be part of his life. Someone loves me, that I'm the one for him. That's not just enough, it's everything.

Courage comes in different forms. There's strength--that's the muscle. But love's the heart. When you put them together, you can do anything.