Home has always been one of the most important things. If I don't feel at home in my space, then I feel really unmoored.

Your home should tell the story of who you are, and be a collection of what you love brought together under one roof.

You will enrich your life immeasurably if you approach it with a sense of wonder and discovery, and always challenge yourself to try new things.

It's important how we feel in our homes, because feeling good makes us more gracious. And that makes it easier to welcome others not only into our homes but into our lives.

Your home should tell the story of who you are.

I always want objects in my home that have a connection to me or something I've loved. It's still stuff, but it's stuff that has meaning.

In a minimal interior, what you don't do is as important as what you do.

Everywhere your eye travels in your home, it should land on something that resonates with you.

If you actually keep things very organized and clutter-free, you can have more furniture than you think you can in a small space.

In a modern loft, you can't just fill a space with furniture. Each piece has to be perfect.

Books are the heart of any home, and I spend hours going through books for design inspiration.

You are enough, you are worth it, Worth every ballad, worth every word, every action.

One of the secrets of a long and fruitful life is to forgive everybody everything every night before you go to bed.

Hope of ill gain is the beginning of loss.

If we want unity, we must all be unifiers. If we want accountability, each of us must be accountable for all we do.

Ultimately, to have a career in movies, to a certain extent, certainly in England, you can't sustain a career in just English movies.

There's nothing wrong with keeping your mouth shut if you don't have anything nice to say.

Invented languages have often been created in tandem with entire invented universes, and most conlangers come to their craft by way of fantasy and science fiction.

I think the first time I realised Downton Abbey was a hit was when I was sitting in a tea shop in New York and the couple next to me were talking about Downton Abbey, and then they recognised me.

Success depends on our using, and not opposing.

[His acting] remains forever fixed in a time that never dates.