The '80s was all about this idea that women could have it all. You could have a career, and you could have a husband, and you could have children.

I didn't want it to be this way." "Yes, you did," she said, "because it is." "I just want to be with someone normal," he said. "I just want to have a normal life." "Excuse me," she said. "You're a little crazy," he said. "You're too old to act the way you do. You've got to grow up. You've got to take care of yourdelf. I'm afraid for you. You can't think that people are going to take care of you all the time.

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

You don't want to peak in high school. If you do, the rest of your life is a disaster.

Sex and the City was about looking for Mr Big and trying to find him.

You don't have to do everything by the time you're 30. Or 40. All you need is a work ethic. It's what allows you to push through moments of disappointment and self-doubt and fear.

And the sooner you do the right thing, the better. You get it over with, and you don’t have to worry about it anymore. But who does that in real life?