I am a die-hard romantic at heart and love the idea of love. But, when it comes to love, I kinda believe in the old world charm of romance – where there’s mystery and intrigue.
I’m always trying to reach a transcendent point, a romantic point, but reach it in a really unconventional way, a really profane way. To get to that romantic, touching, heartbreaking place, but through a lot of acts of profanity.
I go to Saint Barth in the French West Indies for two weeks each year. That place is amazing. Amazing people, beautiful beaches, great wine, wonderful harbors… It’s incredibly romantic.
I wanted to show everyone that I can be… romantic one day. I can be sexy the other day. I can be crazy. I can be serious. I can be boss. I can be feminist, and I still don’t lose my way to be, you know?
I am a romantic at heart.
There is nothing glamorous or romantic about war. It’s mostly about random pointless death and misery.
Death was like love, a romantic escape.
Long walks on the beach are the supposed holy grail of a romantic evening. The beach becomes a kind of utopia – the place where all our dreams come true.
There is as much wisdom in listening as there is in speaking – and that goes for all relationships, not just romantic ones.
Sadly, people think a guy and a girl can’t be friends without something romantic going on.
Love is the driver for all great stories: not just romantic love, but the love of parent for child, for family, for country.
Anthropologists have found evidence of romantic love in 170 societies. They’ve never found a society that did not have it.
I think that taking night trains or meeting someone on the road is pretty romantic. I’ve done a couple of things like that. I’ve surprised someone in Paris. And hopefully, when you surprise someone, they’re happy to see you.
My favorite genre is definitely romantic comedy. I love ‘When Harry Met Sally.’
There is something romantic about the world being a diverse place, where every place has a Starbucks and Denny’s.
We are all the heroes and heroines of our own lives. Our love stories are amazingly romantic; our losses and betrayals and disappointments are gigantic in our own minds.
Kissing scenes are never romantic or sexy. They’re actually super technical, like, ‘Move your head; you’re blocking her light,’ or, ‘Stop looking like an idiot when you kiss her.’
Science is like a love affair with nature; an elusive, tantalising mistress. It has all the turbulence, twists and turns of romantic love, but that’s part of the game.
At the risk of sounding hopelessly romantic, love is the key element. I really love to play with different musicians who come from different cultural backgrounds.
I’m a very romantic person.
Great companies start because the founders want to change the world… not make a fast buck. Call me a romantic, but I think entrepreneurs should try to change the world. This comes from working at Apple… old habits die hard.
The joy and the pain for me is about tightroping between being a cynic and being a romantic – the tug between barely believing in anything and hoping for everything.
That’s my biggest struggle, is maintaining a personal romantic relationship. It takes a lot of effort.
I don’t find these technical things like flowers and chocolates romantic at all. I think Valentine’s Day makes no sense.
I’m a bit of a romantic, to a fault. It’s led me to some great things and also some sad things. It’s made me a better person, to keep a good spirit about dating.
