So for years I kept mum about my passion for needle arts.

When you're true to who you are, amazing things happen.

There is something in even the darkest situations that we can make a positive in our lives.

I've been blessed, acne never knocked on my door. I think I look pretty darn good.

A thankful outlook smoothes the rough edges off life.

'Thank you power' is writing down the moments that are good in your life so that you can go back and reflect on them - so you've got this sort of repository of good stuff in your past.

My job as a television anchor or television reporter is not to proselytize.

What I've learned is there's a scientifically proven phenomenon that's attached to gratitude, and that if you consciously take note of what is good in your life, quantifiable benefits happen.

If you want to be liked, get a dog. The people you work with are not your friends.

It is hard to get in the habit of forcing yourself to find three things on a regular basis that you are grateful for.

There is a comfort in rituals, and rituals provide a framework for stability when you are trying to find answers.

When you fully focus your mind, you make others attracted to you.

I love hanging out at home with my kid. It's hard to get me to leave the house.

For any new leader of any party at any given time it takes time if you are not in government to establish yourself.

If I can be a working actor, if I can be an actor and not have a day job, I'll be fine.

A great wine served in fine glassware is beautiful. But it is also seductive and full of strange promise and perhaps the slightest hint of naughtiness, all waiting to be uncoiled.

Truth is a hell of a big point with me. Now I exaggerate—always.

Historical fiction is a collaboration between the time in which it's written and the time that it's writing about and the far future, when we don't know what people are going to think about yet.

I like doing Pilates because I get to lie down on the floor for the duration of the session.

Look for the beauty in things.

I just look around and say, I'm a mess. I don't know why I do things.