Another woman approached me while I was having lunch at the Russian Tea Room in New York and told me that the reason she had become a lawyer was because she had read 'Rage of Angels'. To me, that kind of feedback has more meaning than any sales figures.

After four years in New York, this young woman still finds it offensive when someone flashes the 'OK' sign. She knows that it means 'OK' here, but it is still disconcerting to her -- she is translating body language using her understanding of what that particular gesture means.

The New York Times gave me permission to be funny and write about what it is to be a woman and a mother who isn't quite up to the challenge.

In New York, there are so many potholes, they're like craters on the moon. That's another traffic thing.

Mayors of New York are almost automatically national figures.

There is no reason for me to show my collection in New York, because it's not about craft and technique there.