Bigs Quote by Meg Wolitzer

Most people like a little sex in their novels.

— John Sandford

I think our sexuality is all yet to be recounted and that the rich male literary tradition constitutes a huge obstacle.

— Elena Ferrante

Human beings enjoy the myth of romance.

— David Starkey

I think there is an insatiable appetite for romance and for love stories, which is partly why these books and movies do so well.

— Chris Harrison

I will not adopt that ungenerous and impolitic custom so common with novel writers, of degrading by their contemptuous censure the very performances, to…

— Jane Austen

Boring heroines are, in my opinion, the most common romance mistake. We loathe hanging out with women who define themselves purely through their relationships...…

— Sarah MacLean

“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

So many women characters are extensions of male fantasy.

— Viola Davis

It's great to have female characters that have depth that you can explore instead of being the decoration or the girlfriend or the wife.

— Madchen Amick

There's a tradition in American fiction that is deadly serious and earnest - like the Steinbeckian social novel.

— John Hodgman

Do we really need more romance attached to the act of blowing people away?

— John Leo

For a novelist, it's kind of an onerous burden to represent an entire culture.

— Khaled Hosseini