Quotes By Sarah Jessica Parker

So many roads. So many detours. So many choices. So many mistakes.

If two people have only one thought between them, something is very wrong.

As a woman, I have an inherent need to be all things to all people, to make certain everybody's taken care of. I know I can't sustain that level all the time, so I'm finding the proper balance and it's made me infinitely happier.

Every once in awhile, a girl has to indulge herself.

When real people fall down in life, they get right back up and keep walking.

If I didn't have kids, I would be at the theater or the ballet every single night of my life.

One of the things that's great about New York is that it is not a one-industry town. It has education, academia, the service industry, arts, publishing, theater, politics, fashion, finance, as well as movie-making.

Follow your instincts and do not let other people's opinion of you become your opinion of yourself.

You can't be friends with a squirrel! A squirrel is just a rat with a cuter outfit.

When it comes to life and love, why do we believe our worst reviews?

Can you make a mistake and miss your fate?

I'm a bitter-ender. It's potentially my fatal flaw that I do not give up on something. I will not rest. I work and work and work until I can no longer and someone has to remove me from the premises.

I don't know how an actress is supposed to observe and create new stuff if she hasn't been on the streets, brushing up against humanity. You have to have a life.

I'm very, very concerned about the Bush presidency. I'm worried about the kinds of cuts in domestic programs that mean something to a lot of people, including members of my family, who depend on certain things from the government.

And if you are a parent, introduce your children to their neighborhood library. It will give them a real sense of independence to have their own library card and enjoy borrowing books.

Most of my friends in New York are single women or gay men.

I love the opportunity to wear something really special and go to a wonderful event at some great cultural institution.

I don't believe in email. I'm an old-fashioned girl. I prefer calling and hanging up.

I never wanted to be a celebrity; I never wanted to be famous. And in my daily life, I work really hard to not trade on it in any way.

Friends are readily disappointed by the size of my closet. And I thought it was big!

When men attempt bold gestures, generally it's considered romantic. When women do it, it's often considered desperate or psycho.

The beautiful thing about New York is, you have to expose yourself to other people the minute you step outside the door. There is no choice. And I love that.

A squirrel is just a rat with a cuter outfit!

We all live in a time where we're supposed to have choices and how do we wrangle that and how do we make the best choices for ourselves and our families. It has nothing to do with feminism.

Maybe our mistakes are what make our fate.

What I've learned about being a parent is how much you sort of secretly learn from everyone else and how valuable it is.

I tell my friends married life is boring, but that's just a fun thing to say to make single people feel better.

I remember when I came home from the hospital after having my son, I wore a Narciso Rodriguez black coat. Then, I was using this fragrance that I had created. I walk by that coat, and it still smells like that fragrance. It takes you right there.

When I go to a premiere I like to borrow lovely clothes and shoes from designers. It's like the library: if you return them in good condition, you get to borrow more. I'm very lucky.

My job requires me to put on a little dress and run around the streets of New York in heels. But I also had the financial means to hire a yoga teacher to come to my house while my sitter watched the newborn. For 95 percent of the world, that's not realistic.