I believe that mental health services should be based on the premise that the origins of distress are largely social.

Rumination tends to be eased if we learn to be mindful; if we are able to be aware of, and understand how our own thoughts work.

People deserve to have their experiences understood in a genuine bio-psycho-social approach. All too often, this is ignored in favor of what is a very reductionist, bio-medical, model.

I think, in all honesty, the first place that someone in emotional distress should turn is their loved ones, and then to use professionals.

There's real evidence that getting involved in charitable activity (and it's probably better to give your time and effort, rather than money) makes people happier.

Keep your brain active. Engage your brain. Your brain is the most fantastic machine ever created, and it needs to be exercised.

Maintain your relationships - for all kinds of reasons, friends are vital. Good friends, supportive friends, friends who won't judge you or try to take advantage of you.

Keep active - do something physical each day. Could be as simple as taking the dog out for a walk (if you've got a dog!), but could be going for a swim, or going to the gym every day.

When people are in acute crisis, residential care may be needed, but this should not be seen as a medical issue.

How my adventures become your sins?

I cannot wait to stare into the face of my children and be in love.

Don't be afraid to start small, entrepreneurship takes courage to win, and look for quick wins while setting a short and long term vision

Imagine how happy, how holy, life would be if we ever really learn to see beauty.

I would love to do more movies, but the reality is women have many more opportunities on television to play a greater variety of characters.

Yeah I know you're a creature of the night. Bringer of death, sucker of blood, needer of tans, so on and so forth. And oddly enough, I'm still unimpressed.

Sometimes I wake up in awe that I'm alive. I can't get over that part, so I guess it makes me kind of like an existentialist.

Individual liberty, the basic underpinning of American society, requires constant defense against the encroachment of the state.

I'm a conservative kind of person. I don't think rightwing is quite the same thing. But I acknowledge my conservatism of temperament.

Photography just gets us out of the house.