As long as I can remember, I wanted to be a writer.

I watch 'Sons of Anarchy' and 'Game of Thrones' and 'The Walking Dead' and think, 'I want to create that kind of television!

Stability can be a good thing, but it can also lead to apathy. I don't want to set that example for my children. I want them to believe in their dreams and to go after them. You do that by example.

I just don't see ABC letting go of soaps completely.

I was going to be a writer. One person believed I could do it: my mom. Having her faith in me was like carrying around the Hammer of Thor.

My mom didn't write, but she loved to read. She liked books 'that made you a little nervous.' Stephen King, Dean Koontz and Peter Straub were the three wise men of our family bookshelf.

I wrote a graphic novel called 'Soul Stealer' with big, beautiful, epic artwork by Chris Shy. It grew into a trilogy.

A long time ago, I learned not to go up to the boss and ask what's happening to my character. I haven't done that for 20 years, since I was on 'Days of Our Lives.

Im feeling very lucky to be on GH. Its kind of cool to be part of the fight to keep the show on the air. I hope I can help contribute to that.

You want to provide for your family, of course, but you also want them to come along on the journey with you. I haven't achieved all I want to with my life, so I need to continue to push myself.

This life is but a brief tenure, one of many perspectives a spirit must experience in the quest for eternity.

What will happen if you can't say that this wasn't a film?

O wise man! Give your wealth only to the worthy and never to others. The water of the sea received by the clouds is always sweet.

As an investor in small companies, I don't care how rich Microsoft is. I care about what my opportunities are.

A voice can also repel, infuriate or actually make a listener ill.

I'm sorry you don't get it, Mom. Sometimes I don't get why I do the things I do. I just know I wake up every morning and wish I was dead.

I was too busy doing my job and living my life to spend time keeping notes for some future volume of memoirs.

There is no good or bad without us, there is only perception. There is the event itself and the story we tell ourselves about what it means.

Even when things are at their worst, there's a little voice in your head saying, 'Good story!'

There comes a day when you realize turning the page is the best feeling in the world.