When I was in law school, there was a used book store nearby. I picked up a Harlequin romance and read it. It was stress relieving.

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• Karen Robards:

  My parents did not encourage romances.

• Karen Robards:

  I didn't know how to be a writer. But I thought, 'I can do this.'

• Karen Robards:

  I came out of what we romance writers call The Romance Ghetto, because we get so little respect.

• Karen Robards:

  To move up to hardcover is a way of getting more attention for my books. It means a lot to me: It m

• Karen Robards:

  I haven't always felt it was okay to read romance novels. When I was younger, it embarrassed me to

• Karen Robards:

  The good romances are as good as anything.

• Karen Robards:

  I write the best book that I can write each time.

• Karen Robards:

  I was in law school at the University of Kentucky and realized I didn't really like law school, so

• Karen Robards:

  I thought I was too intellectual to read something like 'Sweet Savage Love.'

• Karen Robards:

  I write to please me, and I've been very lucky. It's like playing baseball. You just keep swinging,