The novel asks the question, why shouldn't a woman be as successful as a man, and what does it take to get there And if a woman wants to have a successful career, a happy marriage, and children... what personal sacrifices does she need to make (Candace Bushnell)
The most important thing to strive for in life is some kind of personal and professional achievement. Not as a man or a woman, but as a person. (Candace Bushnell)
What I tried to do with the characters is put them in the same situation that powerful and successful men often find themselves, ... I'm fascinated by what it's like to be a woman in one of those powerful positions because there is really no road map about how you're supposed to behave. Just as society needs to re-evaluate our ideas about femininity and what women can do, we as women need to re-evaluate our ideas about it too. (Candace Bushnell)
The women in this book have realized that you can't completely rely on men, ... Women have got to rely on themselves. (Candace Bushnell)
Ms. Bushnell, whose work has always been informed by the goings-on in her personal life, said that in recent years she and her friends were having conversations about more than men, Manolos and martinis. When we get together we're not really talking about sex and relationships, ... We're talking about work and career. (Candace Bushnell)
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