Book Quote by Jayne Ann Krentz

“As male characters level up and become more powerful, their bodies become better protected and covered. In contrast, as female characters level up and…

— Nick Yee

Romance novels are tales of brave women taming dangerous men. They are stories that capture the excitement of that most mysterious of relationships, the…

— Jayne Ann Krentz

After my first book, many of my readers came back to tell me that the female characters I had created were not strong enough.…

— Ravi Subramanian

“A woman desires to be a man's last romance, her baby's first love and a person who can live with dignity all her life.…

— Purba Chakraborty

“When a woman reads a romance novel, she is putting her own pleasure first. That small act of rebellion is perceived as a threat…

— Maya Rodale

“Our great novelists, though experts on indignity and assault, on loneliness and terror, tend to avoid treating the passionate encounter of a man and…

— Leslie Fiedler

At the heart of every successful romance novel lies the evolution of its characters. Through love, heroes and heroines grow not only into a…

— Sarah MacLean

My books are based on emotions, feelings, relationships. In these areas women are experts, so it's not strange that the main characters of my…

— Isabel Allende

Feminism requires precisely what patriarchy destroys in women: unimpeachable bravery in confronting male power

— Andrea Dworkin

Here's the thing about romance novels: The moment when the hero and heroine discover that they're perfect for each other is often the moment…

— Sarah MacLean

I really do love male characters, in some ways, for the fact that they get surprised when they're vulnerable. Women are more surprised by…

— Courtney A. Kemp

I think in general, novels by men tend to be taken more seriously than novels by women.

— Curtis Sittenfeld