Your home should tell the story of who you are.

Your home should tell the story of who you are, and be a collection of what you love brought together under one roof.

You will enrich your life immeasurably if you approach it with a sense of wonder and discovery, and always challenge yourself to try new things.

It's important how we feel in our homes, because feeling good makes us more gracious. And that makes it easier to welcome others not only into our homes but into our lives.

I always want objects in my home that have a connection to me or something I've loved. It's still stuff, but it's stuff that has meaning.

In a minimal interior, what you don't do is as important as what you do.

Everywhere your eye travels in your home, it should land on something that resonates with you.

If you actually keep things very organized and clutter-free, you can have more furniture than you think you can in a small space.

In a modern loft, you can't just fill a space with furniture. Each piece has to be perfect.

Books are the heart of any home, and I spend hours going through books for design inspiration.

Everywhere in my house are these little things that have meanings and make me think of great memories.

First LEARN...thenremove the 'L

Compassion stands on the pillars of trust, love, awareness and detachment.

Humans do worse things with money rather than for money.

To keep my back from getting stiff, I have a strict regime every morning of stretching and do yoga once a week and Pilates. 'Strictly Come Dancing' in 2008 was great for my fitness.

Freedom isn't to do what you want at somebody else's expense.

My two kids take a lot of my focus, which I'm grateful for.

I don't want everyone to like me, and I don't choose who likes me. You have to give them the choice, give them the option.

When I'm shooting things, I'm training.

Success is a function of persistence and doggedness and the willingness to work hard for twenty-two minutes to make sense of something that most people would give up on after thirty seconds.

If they don't read, if they don't love reading; if they don't find themselves compulsively reading, I don't think they're really a writer