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" I've often dreamed about going back to Nigeria, but that's a very romantic notion. It's a hideous country to go to in reality. "

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" Romance is mush, stifling those who strive. "

Billy Strayhorn

" It is possible for a woman to be a romantic, but also to be single and to be happy. "

" Classic romantic love is an emotional attraction between two individuals in which they may share a heightened awareness of mutual adoration. Erotic love, traditionally, has been described as shared sexual attraction. "

" I've actually always wanted to write like a one-person show that was sort of a romantic comedy - a show that was kind of cynical about romance and marriage but ultimately embraced it. Because I feel like comedy is always cynical, inherently, because it's contrarian. "

" I sail, run dogs, ride horses, play professional poker and tell stories about the stuff I've been through. And I'm still a romantic; I still want Bambi to make it out of the fire. "

" I keep thinking I should get a phone, because everyone's got one and it becomes increasingly difficult to exist in a society where everyone else has moved ahead and you haven't. "

" I think as a young actress, it's very rare that you read something where you're not either 'the girl' or there to serve some romantic purpose in a male dominated cast. "

" '180' is a romantic film, but I don't think it can be classified as a fluffy love story. It is a wonderful story with a script that is layered and more complex than the normal ones. "

" I'm not done with love, but I refuse to settle. I am a hopeless romantic. And I won't stop till I get it right. "

" How did I go from 'Menace II Society' to 'Love Jones?' There wasn't a poetic moment or romantic bone in O-Dog's body. "

" If I can stop one heart from breaking, I shall not live in vain. "

Emily Dickinson

" The concept of romantic love affords a means of emotional manipulation which the male is free to exploit, since love is the only circumstance in which the female is (ideologically) pardoned for sexual activity. "

" An excellent wine, someone's best attempt at cooking, and the candles and flowers on the table can turn the simplest dinner into an unforgettably romantic event. "

Letitia Baldrige

" Wave after wave of love flooded the stage and washed over me, the beginning of the one great durable romance of my life. "

" You only need to look at Jane Austen to see how crossed wires can become a defining aspect of romantic life. Then again, if the course of true love ran more smoothly, it would have a terribly detrimental effect on our cache of love stories. "

Mariella Frostrup

" I think the idea of marriage is very romantic; it's a beautiful idea, and the practice of it can be a very beautiful thing. "

Scarlett Johansson

" I don't think of death in a romantic way anymore. "

" I don't need to control anything. Even with romantic partnerships, I don't need to control anyone. "

" I may have played romantic roles, but each character has been different, with his own personality. "

" I'm a romantic at heart. "

" If I were given a choice between two films and one was dark and explored depraved, troubled or sick aspects of our culture, I would always opt for that over the next romantic comedy. "

David Schwimmer

" The vampire was a complete change from the usual romantic characters I was playing, but it was a success. "

" It is really rare to find someone you really, really love and that you want to spend your life with and all that stuff that goes along with being married. I am one of those lucky people. And I think she feels that way too. So the romantic stuff is easy because you want them to be happy. "

Harry Connick, Jr.

" I've never gotten to do romantic comedy like most of the girls. Maybe because I'm fit, people assume that I'm not funny? "

" I'm not a social singer. But if one can take a social message via the romantic, that's a strong statement. "

" Romantic lovers require from each other at least the facade of reason: We desire to be what romantic love makes us appear in the other's eyes. We want to imagine we are deserving of the love we inspire. "

Maggie Gallagher

" I had these kind of unrealistic expectations that were fueled by romantic comedies, and it has both helped me and hurt me in many ways. It helped me because, in general, they've made me hopeful. I just figure things will eventually work out for me. But nobody is like any Tom Hanks character. Nobody is Hugh Grant. No one is Meg Ryan! "

" I am not married, no. I wasn't really into the notion when I was younger, but now I think a proposal is the ultimate romantic gesture. "

" I saw Tequila Sunrise as a romantic picture with complex, bigger than life characters. "

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