There is no shame in my saying that we all want to be loved by someone. As I look back over my life in romance, I don't feel I've ever had that.
I had a house burn down once, and everything in life burned, except my family, and it was so liberating. I didn't have a bad moment about it. It sort of reinvigorated my interest in a lot of things.
That was madness. You're never going to bring one of those down with a handgun.
So if we have anything original to offer, it's to speak from our own life about the society we're in.