I was made to believe there was a plan in place for ending Donald's previous marriage. I pulled away because I wanted to allow him the time to deal with his wife.

I don't think he cheated on me. During the marriage I think he was there.

People ask what the secret of a happy marriage is. If there is one it's 'don't talk about it.'

Either marriage is a destiny I believe or there is no sense in it at all it's a piece of humbug.

There are going to be peaks and valleys in everything - in your marriage in your job in your life. So just enjoy the peaks and ride out the valleys. Just try not to do anything too rash.

We all have a childhood dream that when there is love everything goes like silk but the reality is that marriage requires a lot of compromise.

The biggest surprise about our marriage is that Erin was out there.

I think it's best if there's an amendment that goes on the ballot where the people can weigh in. Every time this issue has gone on the ballot the people have voted to retain the traditional definition of marriage as recently as California in 2008.

It's nice to be able to work I'd love to be able to do another TV show I could do in Chicago so I could live and work in the same place. It's hard being a parent and being in a good marriage and it all takes a lot of work but if you're not there you can't do any of it.

Marriage is overdone. As long as there are people people are going to find it interesting.

There was no religious ceremony connected with marriage among us while on the other hand the relation between man and woman was regarded as in itself mysterious and holy.

In a sacred ground like marriage you find yourself out of it at certain times for reasons unknown that can be destructive. There could be a demon that kind of comes out and overtakes you.

There is a big misconception about arranged marriage. Yes it can mean that you meet someone and then have to marry them but this was my mother saying 'I'm going to introduce you to so-and-so - If you don't like them fair enough.'

I don't know why but the older I get the more interested I get in my parents' marriage. And it's interesting to be married yourself too because there is an inevitable comparison.

I guess because the shows were activist in their own way - the marriage of my public activism and my career activism you know - people understand me very well. They also understand there's a very strong bipartisan part in all of this.

I never thought I'd spend all my life with Gary. I suppose I was quite cynical about marriage. But with Jude I knew right from the beginning: there was an electricity I'd never felt before. It was so easy we talked for hours. It was a relief really.

Whether it be a matter of personal relations within a marriage or political initiatives within a peace process there is no sure-fire do-it-yourself kit.