I love writing things down so pretty much every card I send to friends or family is an over enthusiastic essay. I've written some pretty good ones in my time.

Makeup is my world, and I know that a little things . . . the right technique, colour or brush . . . can make all the difference.

I believe in magical things happening and spiritual goings on. Sometimes the most mundane things can surprise you and be magical.

If it makes you feel beautiful...do it!

When I was a very small child I went to a new play group. The first thing I did was run over to a little tot with incredibly chubby cheeks and sink my teeth right into them.

I stopped my iTunes festival set because someone fainted at the front. It felt like the right thing to do at the time but maybe I was being too sensitive.

I remember having my tonsils out when I was fifteen and waking up crying historically but not being able to stop. That was quite strange.

Real friends are like autotroph, whether you pay your intentions or not but they keep calm your noons.

A man could spend the rest of his life trying to remember what he shouldn't have said.

I am acting at university, and I have really enjoyed doing student drama.

If you know how to spend less than you get, you have the philosopher's stone.

I care more about telly because it made me an actor and there's a much more immediate response to TV. You can address the political or cultural fabric of your country.

It is just so cool to play on the beach right next to the water. I am deeply moved by water as I think most people are - so to play music with it is a most powerful experience.

Gentleness is the great point to be obtained in the study of manners.

The mind is seldom quickened to very vigorous operations but by pain, or the dread of pain. We do not disturb ourselves with the detection of fallacies which do us no harm.

Failing, and learning from it, is necessary. Unil you've done it, you're missing an important piece of your creative arsenal.

The last thing Texas women need in their lives is Greg Abbott.