In New York there is always something to look at, but it is all infinitely more interesting through a window in the backseat of a limousine.

Villains often come with pretty faces.

Before her angry impulses got the better of her, she admonished herself that she was born to win and that one did not win by throwing temper tantrums--at least not outside of one's own home, which could result in vicious, spurious rumors.

She found herself longing for home-not just for the hotel but for New York and all the real novels that she could lose herself in there.

New York is the greatest city in the world.

Living in New York City, you have to keep trying to do a lot of things.