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
country writing house
Well I actually do have a country house in Connecticut with a population of 3,000. Like, how small is that? I spend a lot of time there - I write up there. So I kind of have the best of both worlds and I love going up there.
writing should-have years
I started working for the 'NY Observer' when I was 33. After I had been writing for them for about a year and a half the editor said, 'Your stories are the most talked about stories in the 'Observer'; you should have your own column.'
writing want i-can
- I don't want to be a writer so I can write about my life. I want to be a writer to escape from it. + Then you shouldn't be a writer.
writing people who-you-know
When it comes to people -- don't write about who you know; but what you know of human nature.
writing novel paid
For me, having it all is being paid to write novels.
writing thinking helpful
I know I'm not a wordsmith. And I don't write poetry. Sometimes I think I should, because it's really helpful. But I always wanted to write novels.
writing adults looking-forward
I'm looking forward to writing more novels for young adults.
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.
fall writing pieces
As Im writing, certain things become clear to me and certain things begin to feel right and make sense. The pieces start to fall into place.
age-and-aging found knew women york
When I started writing 'Sex and the City,' I was writing about women I knew in New York who were in their 30s. In a way, this is the women I was writing about in 'Sex and the City' 10 years later. They're more grown-up, more established. They've found their ways,
fiction nature perfectly second since sit start
I've been writing fiction probably since I was about 6 years old, so it's something that is second nature to me now. I just sit down and start writing. I don't sit down and start writing and it comes out perfectly - it's a process.
book realized rely women
The women in this book have realized that you can't completely rely on men, ... Women have got to rely on themselves.
begin bunch eat liked morning sticking stomach work worst
Even as a kid, I never liked breakfast. I just don't like to eat then. I like to get up and work. I think sticking a whole bunch of carbohydrates in your stomach in the morning is probably the worst way to begin the day.
Sometimes you have to find the passion. It comes from the inside. ... Everyone has to find it for themselves.