The Notebook is an intensely romantic book -- a novel about the everlasting power of "true love." Do you believe that this kind of love exists in real life?

Yes, absolutely. True love exists and there's evidence of it every day. I think people's perceptions about romantic love, however, are similar to people's perceptions about schools for children. It seems that most people feel that the school their child goes to is wonderful, but elsewhere, schools are terrible. But if most people feel that way, then it becomes a logical impossibility. Same thing with romantic love. Many people perceive it in their own lives, but doubt if other people do. And those who don't have it hope that someday, they will. I think The Notebook tapped into that feeling.