There is really a whole new appreciation when you leave and then come back.

If I was a bad character that got away with murder like we see on other shows, I do not think I would like it because that sends a message that you can do these horrible things and never pay for it.

My children are the focal point of my life. I was asking for a little more time to spend with them.

I had just won the lawsuit against Melrose Place.

We were led to a pediatric ophthalmologist. It's a hard date for me, April 14, 1998. The doctor came back from the examining room and told us she had tumors in both eyes.

Unfortunately, since the Sept. 11 tragedy, our business is not doing too well.

I really like to communicate to my fans. I have a fan club president who I've had for over 15 years.

I kind of thought the writers were starting to take Taylor and make her kind of down and dirty.

The house seemed so empty without him. And I thought about the life we'd been building together for all that time. I realized I was on the brink of losing it all. It just scared me into reality.

We share responsibility. It's important to have a good spouse; that's where I sympathize with single parents.

The only problem with the way they do my character is that they have her get redeemed too early.

Love is elixir that keeps you alive. Love is poison that kills you. Unreciprocated love keeps you alive, but kills every day.

His mind was logical, but his traitorous heart stuttered from beat to beat.

Know that I love you immensely, and you hurry home.

He threw his burning cigarette onto our clean living room floor and ground it into the wood with his boot.We were about to become cigarettes.

Life is a luminous pause between two mysteries that are yet one.

An older friend once told me, "Life didn't ask for your opinion," which I liked.

Conventionality is the tacit agreement to set appearances before reality, form before content.

I'm lucky to not have a real job, to be able to express myself, be creative and be relevant.

The soul of man is of the imperishable substance of the stars!