It's harder and harder to make a well-done romantic comedy these days because the conventions have been so played out.

People say the 'Lost Generation' in a romantic sense, but I think it was tragic. They were really lost.

The writing career is not a romantic one. The writer's life may be colorful, but his work itself is rather drab.

I'm no romantic, surfing, California boy. I like reading, writing, philosophizing. Scheming. I've been doing some exploration of the inner space.

The thing about romance and romantic movies is that they can be somewhat melodramatic. For a lot of actors, there's a certain cringe factor that's involved with that.