Lauren Willig

“I hadn't realized quite how intense the first few years of grad school would be. When you're being assigned 40 books a week... there's not much room for novels.”

“I think sex is a very minor part of most romance novels.”

“If I stay in academia, I might end up going someplace random.”

“Ever since reading Jean Plaidy's 'Queen in Waiting,' I've felt deep admiration for Caroline of Ansbach.”

“People who would never sneer at sci-fi and murder mysteries have no trouble damning the whole romance genre without reading one.”

“It is a truth universally acknowledged that one only comes up with clever, cutting remarks long after the other party is happily slumbering away.”