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
being-yourself sacrifice men
If I'm with a man, is that going to prevent me from achieving my goal? What sacrifices will I have to make in terms of being myself, if I'm with a man? Something that young women find out really quickly is that when you start dating, all of a sudden you're supposed to have a role. You're not allowed to just be yourself.
characters fascinated femininity ideas map men needs positions powerful road situation society successful supposed tried woman women
What I tried to do with the characters is put them in the same situation that powerful and successful men often find themselves, ... I'm fascinated by what it's like to be a woman in one of those powerful positions because there is really no road map about how you're supposed to behave. Just as society needs to re-evaluate our ideas about femininity and what women can do, we as women need to re-evaluate our ideas about it too.
real men trying
What I have yet to see is a real woman choose a younger man because he spent six hours a day at the gym trying to sculpt his abs.
men feelings want
All those men who end up disappointing you. After a while, you don't even want to have feelings anymore. You just want to get on with your life.
men thinking world
Sometimes I think all the trouble in the world is caused by men. If there were no men, women would always be happy. ~Carrie
love girl men
That's the difference between girls and women: Girls find men fascinating. Women know better.
baby soulmate men
Men, Babies, it doesn't matter...we're soulmates
disappointment men matter
All men are a disappointment. No matter what anyone says.
men care want
If a woman could take care of herself, would she still need a man? Would she even want one? And if she didn't want a man, what kind of woman would she be? Would she even be a woman? Because it seemed if you were a woman, the only thing you were really supposed to want was a man.
men fire might
Man might have identified fire, but women identified the way to enjoy with it.
men way looks
The only way to look at men is like they're electrons. They have all these charges sticking out, and they're always looking for a hole where they can put those charges.
men needs fishes
You know what they say: A woman needs a man about as much as a fish needs a bicycle.
men ifs desirable
After all, it's woman, who decide, if a man is desirable or undesirable.
men drug down-and
Maybe all men are a drug. Sometimes they bring you down and sometimes, like now, they get you so high.