It was ironic, but when you scratched the surface, most successful men were working for one thing only--to retire--and the sooner the better. Whereas women were the complete opposite. She had never heard a woman say she was working so she could retire to a desert island or to live on a boat. It was probably, she thought, because most women didn't think they deserved to do nothing.

All those men who end up disappointing you. After a while, you don't even want to have feelings anymore. You just want to get on with your life.

Happiness comes out of being willing to do your work in your twenties to find out who you are, what you love.

. . . She was obsessed with clothes and status, how she never gave a thought to being responsible for her own actions, or even what she might do for anyone else-making her the ultimate example of all that was wrong and misguided about young women today.

The '90s are really the 'Sex and the City' woman, and I think, right now, the new contemporary woman is the 'Lipstick Jungle' woman.

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

As Im writing, certain things become clear to me and certain things begin to feel right and make sense. The pieces start to fall into place.