New York is a city where people are ambitious. They want things.

Always look like you know where you're going, even when you don't

I love things that are old and glittery, that come with layers of glamour and past lives.

Have I ever been in love? Really in love? And why is it that with each new guy I think I'm more in love with him than the last?

I think that one of the things that has changed the perception is that there are so many more single people. In New York City, it's 47 percent. When you have that many people who are single, they have a bigger voice and they're more willing to speak and say, 'We're not miserable, we're not sitting at home waiting for Mr. or Ms. Right, we're having a good time.' And I think single people have better friendships.

For me, having it all is being paid to write novels.

I don't consider my work a job. I consider it a career. And you don't quit a career.