I wanted to tell a romantic and dark side of Ottoman history that was also slightly political, saying to the previous generation of writers, 'Look, I'm interested in Ottoman things, and I'm not afraid of it, and I'm doing something creative.'
Copy Quote View & ShareRomantic Orientalism was fascinated by the color and excitement of a powerful culture, and nearly always approached its subject with love.
Copy Quote View & ShareAmericans have always been excellent at making romantic comedies - but dramatically, we don't really try to do it.
Copy Quote View & ShareThe state of being in love is so inherently preposterous. It usually lends itself to romantic comedy. I think we've all been there.
Copy Quote View & ShareFor me, the perfect romantic suspense hero has got to be tough on the outside but tender at his core. A take-charge kind of guy who has his own inner strength and a strong sense of right and wrong - which might not dovetail with the conventional wisdom. I mean, he might bend the law if he thinks the ends justify the means.
Copy Quote View & ShareI find L.A. kind of romantic, actually. As a movie junkie, it's a city that was built by the movies. There's something really weird and surreal about it that I find energizing.
Copy Quote View & ShareI'm more likely to give you a cuddle than a punch in the face. I have a soft side, especially with my girlfriend. I send her flowers and use my culinary skills to pull off romantic meals. I do great Thai dishes.
Copy Quote View & ShareI really love writing comedy. Writing romantic comedy is even nicer because you get to write about how insane we all act when we're falling in love.
Copy Quote View & ShareWithout romance, films will be boring. I doubt if people now understand romance, though they may claim it otherwise. I am very romantic in real life.
Copy Quote View & ShareI've written a couple of scripts. Actually, a pilot. I'm not sure I'm allowed to say, but it's a comedy about three young men in New York City, one of whom may or may not be a romantic like me.
Copy Quote View & ShareNo highbrow literary type would ever say 'Moby Dick' is good but it's just about a whale, or a Jane Austen would be important if she wasn't just writing about romantic relationships.
Copy Quote View & ShareEven now, there are young actors who want careers as romantic leading men, and the best thing is not to reveal you're gay.
Copy Quote View & ShareIf it was a great script and a great character, I would love to do a romantic comedy.
Copy Quote View & ShareWhat man is there, surrounded though he be with the love of wife and children, who does not retain a memory of the romantic affection of boys for each other? Having felt it, he could scarcely have forgotten it, and if he never felt it, he missed one of the most golden of the prizes of youth, unrecapturable in mature life.
Copy Quote View & ShareThere is nothing quixotic or romantic in wanting to change the world. It is possible. It is the age-old vocation of all humanity.
Copy Quote View & ShareThe romantic appeal of solar sailing has ensured that its advocates consistently come from the worlds of both science fiction and science fact.
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