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.

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.

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

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.

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.

Political correctness' as 'over-sensitivity' is code for saying the privileged shouldn't have their unearned privileges questioned.

Do I really want to spend my whole life trying not to die by mistake?

I'm constantly discovering things. Like Bobby Bland. Right now I suppose I'm into the Eighties, which turned out to be a great musical period.

I hope more women see, at least eventually, that a healthy relationship isn't anything that breaks you down.

I would try and sing along with bands that I like but it sounded so atrocious that I couldn't.

The unfolding code of what you really are occurs every time you go to sleep.

The secret to living in the rush of the world with a minimum of pain is to get as many people as possible to string along with your delusions.

Speaking of, her family is due in any minute to claim her body. What am I supposed to tell them when we can’t give the body over? Again, I don’t think ‘oops’ will quite cover it. (Tate)

I like to look at my personal style as an extension of my mood that day.

I never care about myself out in public when I get the paparazzi swarming me.