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

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.

I had just won the lawsuit against Melrose Place.

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

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.

The fortunate is he whose earnest purpose never swerves, Whose slightest action or inaction servesThe one great aim.Why, even Death stands still, And waits an hour sometimesFor such a will.

Train your Children with Patience, Correct them in Love, Don't Discipline them out of hatred

I started dating JD Samson from Le Tigre, and suddenly I was listening to more up-tempo music and old dance music, like ESG and Gang of Four, and I thought, 'Wow. This is fun.'

If you haven't surprised yourself, you haven't written.

Anyone who falls in love is searching for the missing pieces of themselves.

People honk at you if you meditate at the stop light.

Connan Mockasin from New Zealand. I met him a little while ago, I love his music.

I love the fact British men act cool whatever the situation so I'm planning to recruit there.

What is often lacking is not creativity in the idea-creating sense but innovation in the action-producing sense, i.e. putting ideas to work.

The isolation, the separateness, is always a part of any utopia.