'Sex and the City' was about looking for Mr. Big and trying to find him, ... This is about women trying to become their own Mr. Big for themselves. It's about the new kind of successful career women who we're seeing on the pages of 'Fortune' magazine. |
[As might befit a Bushnell character, she had it both ways.] I'm lucky. They send me the tapes, ... I will probably watch it (later). |
[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. |
For me, having it all is being paid to write novels, |
I certainly don't want to be out till 4 to 5 in the morning now -- I don't want to do that anymore, |
I haven't signed any deals yet, but there's a lot of interest. Nothing's been finalized, but hopefully it will be in the next couple of weeks. |
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. |
I think that they're characters who women either are themselves or are their friends. |
I was all excited. I'd been writing for women's magazines and felt marginalized. No one takes you seriously. |
It was like time began to reverse, and somehow they managed to look better and younger-looking than they had in their thirties, |
It's really about the challenges, dreams and fears of contemporary, modern women. |
Lipstick Jungle: A Novel, |
Lipstick Jungle. |
One has to be open-minded when the right man comes along. And I know it's freaky, but this just seems like the natural thing to do. |
Sex and the City to me never really was about sex, that was kind of the icing on the cake. Success is the new sex. |