Candace Bushnell
Candace Bushnell
Candace Bushnellis an American novelist and television producer. She wrote a column for The New York Observerthat was adapted into the bestselling Sex and the City anthology. The book was the basis for the HBO hit series Sex and the Cityand two subsequent movies...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth1 December 1958
CityGlastonbury, CT
CountryUnited States of America
powerful most-powerful i-can
This is the most powerful thing I can do! I'm going to be a writer.
past layers glamour
I love things that are old and glittery, that come with layers of glamour and past lives.
space age three
I love Chicago. I lived there briefly for three months and kept a boat under one of those space-age buildings. It was very Jetsons.
writing adults looking-forward
I'm looking forward to writing more novels for young adults.
being-single enjoy
I'm really enjoying being single. I'm not even looking to meet anybody, which is so freeing.
stars independent-women guy
We're comfortable with movie stars having money. We're comfortable with a woman marrying a rich guy and having money. We're not so comfortable with a woman independently working in business and making a lot of money.
happy memories firsts
There's a brief moment when you first wake up, where you have no memories. A blissful blank slate, a happy emptiness.
new-york writing stories
I started writing about New York as soon as I arrived. I was 19. I used to write short stories and send them out.
be-careful feels indestructible
It's hard to be careful, though, when you feel indestructible.
lying being-a-woman telling-lies
So much of being a woman is telling lies
hurt forgiving theory
I have this theory: If you forgive someone, they can't hurt you anymore.
men drug down-and
Maybe all men are a drug. Sometimes they bring you down and sometimes, like now, they get you so high.
secret left
Some secrets are better left at that -as secrets.
lines attraction-and-repulsion repulsion
There is a thin line between attraction and repulsion