In a July 2010 interview with We Love Soaps, she had this to say of her exit:
❝ I was fired. But it was time for me to leave. I knew it, and ABC knew it. I knew personally it was time to move on. But I would have stayed there forever, I loved it so much. I guess I needed a push in another direction. ❞
She also stated this in her thoughts of ABC buying the soap in 1995 (which I do believe has changed):
❝ No, I don’t think so. Maybe there were more budgetary issues that we would deal with. But the team at GENERAL HOSPITAL could address anything. If I said we had to cut the budget, then everyone would roll up their sleeves, and you wouldn’t know it by watching the show. They had to cut some costs but they did not interfere in any creative way. We had Pat Fili Krushel and Angela Shapiro and they were very supportive creatively. ❞