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It just seems like the most successful, iconic love stories are not so easy or escapist. I think the ones that stay with us and resonate are full of conflict, discord and misunderstandings 'cause that's what makes drama happen or tension even if it's a comedy.

Every love story needs a catalyst of some sort.

It's tough for those celebrity couples. It's really hard. My wife wasn't in the limelight, which made it easier... the key is to keep it happy, light, and fun.

With family dramas, it's hard to keep those stories alive.

I'm always a sucker for a love story.

Love stories are probably all I've ever been able to write or want to write.

I've seen the people who talk about their love lives in print invariably have doomed relationships with the person they're talking about.

It's a different thing to write a love story now than in the time of Jane Austen, Eliot, or Tolstoy. One of the problems is that once divorce is possible, once break-ups are possible, it can all become a little less momentous.

Only a struggle twists sentimentality and lust together into love.

I can't imagine dating someone famous. I try to stay away from that as much as I can.