There's no one who's ever been significantly in my life for whom I don't have a sort of tenderness because they helped to shape who I am.

I've discovered as I've grown up that life is far more complicated than you think it is when you're a kid. It isn't just a straightforward fairytale.

I drink maple syrup. Then I'm hyper so I just run around like crazy and work it all off.

I'm not an amazing cook, but I can follow a recipe.

I personally think you can have a really rich and full life with no abs. Abs are for wimps.

I have a certain curiosity for life that drives me and propels me forward.

I've been given lots of great advice, in my life. As an actor, just being as honest and as present as you can be.

Running through airports with pounds of luggage - that's a good workout.

I can be quite surprised by what makes me cry, but it's usually spiritual things.

You know when you find a great dress, you've gotta hold on to it.

We were there [ in the newsroom] through the elections [2008] so it was quite a frenzy going on. The other thing I learn is that journalists are very messy.

I am in love when I feel that my soul belongs to the universe.

She learned that an act intended to express love could have nothing to do with it. That her heart and her body were different things.

Life goes on, and deadlines arrive, even when it seems the world should stopout of respect for a shattered self-esteem.

Men will get no more out of life than they put into it.

I seldom know what I'm going to write when I sit down. There isn't much agony and sweat of the human spirit involved in doing it. The writing's easy, it's the living that is sometimes difficult.

I fell in love with these two passions that I made into careers, and I've never had to give one up.

The pope-and we know this well-is without doubt the most serious obstacle on the ecumenical road.

In preparing the soil for planting, you will need several tools. Dynamite would be a beautiful thing to use, but it would have a tendency to get the dirt into the front-hall and track up the stairs.

I've been lucky to have some great opportunities acting with some great people since leaving Corrie, I have certainly been kept busy since leaving the street!

Unfortunately, the American justice system is just riddled with lies and inconsistencies.