Being in love, and I'm not an expert in this, I've lived it as much as anyone has, but I've not dissected it.

A relationship has to be cultivated. There have to be feelings of love for another first. But then you have to really like the person.

I'm not saying that people should not divorce, but at the rate at which it happens here is sick. The kids, they suffer. I don't care what anyone says.

Raising children is an enormously important part of life. I think one of the most important, or the most important, period.

I think 'Y&R's future is contingent upon the ratings. Obviously, none of the soaps are kept alive for the sake of loyalty. It's all about ratings. It's show business. Period.

If we keep on ignoring and leaving children to their own devices at home, they become latchkey kids, and trust me, the consequences of that are not good.

Some situations are so hopeless when you look at them from the outside, you say, "Why are they still married?"

It's very difficult to judge relationships from the outside. You never know what happens in intimate moments with two people to know why they really support and love each other.

If it's really so wonderful that both partners have to work to make a living to pay for their house, for health insurance, someone is obviously going to get the short end of the stick.

A mother's got to be there to raise the children. That's all there is to it. I feel badly for those mothers who work hard, and can't do it all the time.

The workplace should have a place where the kids can visit. They should have places at the mother's or the father's work where professionals can have their kids visit them whenever they feel like it.

You couldn't lose, you was playing Mozart

It's one of my inventions-a shampoo, " Athena explained. "Anyway, I didn't know it would do"-she gestured toward the snakes-"that.

Writer's Block: making authors miserable since the Stone Age.

I'm all self-taught. I never had a teacher. Even for English, and French, and German, I hardly went to school.

... only love begets love.

There are many who stay away from church these days because you hardly ever mention God any more.

I have just gained a deeper and deeper respect for acting and the whole art of it because you're really trying to live a life and to do the best justification for it.

I'm in a band, and I know exactly who those girls are. I know exactly what goes on backstage. I wish I had a little leash to walk him around.

He who believes he can and he who believes he cannot are both correct.

As Buddhism moved to the West, one of the big characteristics was the strong place of women. That didn't exist in the countries of origin. It's just a sign of our culture.