"But generally, Nicholas Sparks creates drama in one way, and that's through ... death."

Oooo, Nicholas Sparks will be so mad when he reads this blog post:

How 10 Movies Would Be Different If They Came From Nicholas Sparks Novels

6.  Titanic: Just as the ship begins to fill with water, Jack's nose starts bleeding. He and Rose rapidly find the ship's doctor, who is about to climb into a lifeboat dressed as a woman. He pauses long enough to diagnose Jack with cancer. As Jack and Rose bob in the water later, he says, "Thank you for making the last moments of my life worth living." And as his lips turn blue, she says, from her perch bobbing on the icy sea, "I'm sorry you're dying of cancer." And he says, "Technically, I don't think I'm dying of cancer."

I hope he writes a response piece in the NYT or something.  Heh heh heh.