I started working for the 'NY Observer' when I was 33. After I had been writing for them for about a year and a half the editor said, 'Your stories are the most talked about stories in the 'Observer'; you should have your own column.'

Why do magazines do this to women? It's all about creating insecurity. Trying to make women feel like they're not good enough. And when women don't feel like they're good enough, guess what? Men win. That's how they keep us down.

The joke that I make is that there are instances on the TV series that happen to me, - except on Sex and the City they always make it better or worse than real life and I am actually saying that in a joking way.

And if you were always spending your time getting over your past, how were you supposed to get on with your future?

There's a brief moment when you first wake up, where you have no memories. A blissful blank slate, a happy emptiness.

You know what they say: A woman needs a man about as much as a fish needs a bicycle.

sometimes the best thing to do is to pretend it didn't happen