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
waiting house want
I can't wait to get out of the house. I can't wait to get out of here. I've been telling myself this all week. The 'getting out of here' part is unspecified, though. Maybe I simply want to get away from life
being-yourself just-be-yourself supposed-to-be
Who am I supposed to be again? Just be yourself. But who am I?
successful men thinking
It was ironic, but when you scratched the surface, most successful men were working for one thing only--to retire--and the sooner the better. Whereas women were the complete opposite. She had never heard a woman say she was working so she could retire to a desert island or to live on a boat. It was probably, she thought, because most women didn't think they deserved to do nothing.
business character thinking
The most important thing in business is a persona, Nico,' he was fond of saying. 'People want to know immediately what they're dealing with. And when they think about you, you've got to stand out in their minds--like one of those characters in a novel.
want i-can
I can safely conclude that we are single because we want to be.
useless done emotion
I'm not ashamed of anything I've done. Shame is a useless emotion.
summer falling-in-love guy
You choose the end of the summer to fall in love with this guy because secretly, you don’t want it to last.
love-you believe disappointed
If you believe in love, you're setting yourself up to be disappointed.
book passion offending
Like me, he has a searing belief that books are sacred. They might not be to other people, but when you have a passion, you hold on to it. You defend it. You dont pretend it isn't important at the risk of offending others." -Carrie.
thinking people way
Should, is the worst word in the English language. People always think things "should" be a certain way, and when they're not, they're disappointed.
love-is treasure work-harder
Love is dangerous, if you know it's dangerous, that makes you treasure it, and you'll work harder to keep it.
men important kind
The most important thing to strive for in life is some kind of personal and professional achievement. Not as a man or a woman, but as a person.
inspirational life enough
You can get used to anything, I guess, if you've been there enough.
party men people
I don't go to parties to meet men. I go to parties to stand in a corner and watch people.