My female writers have always been my backbone. I had a writing room of six women for five years so I know what women do. Cultivated by me, by the way!

My mom would be leaving the house and she'd say, 'Don't you pull out all of the old dresses in the attic and put on a show again!' And the door would close, and that's exactly what I'd do. The show was calling me!

I try not to repeat a story. I try not to repeat an emotion. I want it to be all sort of new for the viewers and to challenge myself as a writer, so there's always pressure. What else can you come up with?

Sex and the City' is about outsiders. Single girls as lepers, should have been married by now. It's the reason the whole thing took off.

In my early 20s I was so miserable doing construction, I wanted something that paid money. I liked nice stuff. I liked cars and architecture, and things that cost money. I wanted to not swing a hammer, and make money... and not do stuff that was dirty. I attempted to get into comedy. I started to do stand-up, but I wasn't very good at it.

I'm not much of a joke writer.

I'm ready to do a Woody Allen comedy.

It's like life: you have both comedy and drama. There's a balance, and I'm lucky enough to have it in my work.