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.

To support my brothers and me, my mother got a job so menial that we never discussed it.

Writing for a soap - writing for 25 characters day in, day out - is one of the most difficult jobs in Hollywood.

America has the best athletic programs. Even when the Soviet Union existed, that was Mickey Mouse compared to the U.S.

Bad mother' is probably the worst thing you can say to any woman who has children.

So much of what young people perceive about their body image is taken from watching their parents... I think we need to look at ways we can help parents pass on more positive messages to their children, and perhaps some of that can be done through health visitors, for example.

I grew up in this household where reading was the most noble thing you could do. When I was a teenager, we would have family dinners where we all sat there reading. It wasn't because we didn't like each other. We just liked reading. The person who made my reading list until my late teen years was my mom.

I want to be a child and not a mother, and I feel guilty about this.