"I wanted to acknowledge my U.S. heritage and to belong to it more closely. Having said that, I am certainly British by formation and education and readily think of London as home. I had never lived in the U.S. till 2007."

"My only hesitation after 'Law & Order' was that I didn't want to be in a super dry procedural like that. I found that satisfying, but very tough because every episode was kind of the same. It just is with that show."

"The older I get, the more I believe in practice and work over natural talent and ability."

"I think that insecurity/confidence balance is necessary."

"Go on failing. Go on. Only next time, try to fail better."

"Kant introduced the concept of the negative into philosophy. Would it not also be worthwhile to try to introduce the concept of the positive into philosophy?"

"The principle of all successful effort is to try to do not what is absolutely the best, but what is easily within our power, and suited for our temperament and condition."

"There is no investment you can make which will pay you so well as the effort to scatter sunshine and good cheer through your establishment."