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
Candace Bushnell quotes about
skills barns pottery
My decorating and renovation skills are nil - indeed, I once used a shower curtain from Pottery Barn as 'window dressing.
good-relationship parent great-marriage
My parents had a great marriage. Interestingly, it made it harder for me in relationships because I knew what a good relationship looked like.
sisterhood ideas two
Women with money and women in power are two uncomfortable ideas in our society.
husband children careers
The '80s was all about this idea that women could have it all. You could have a career, and you could have a husband, and you could have children.
matter
There's so many things that mattered so much in my 20s and 30s that don't matter now.
married prostitution form
Oh I don't plan on getting married. It's a legalized form of prostitution.
jeans sweaters pairs
I actually don't shop very much. I have a tendency to rotate a few pairs of ripped jeans and an old cashmere sweater.
princess what-if planets
What if I'm a princess on another planet? And no one on this planet knows it?
dream next firsts
At first, being with Sebastian was like being in the middle of the best dream I'd ever had - but now it mostly feels exhausting. I'm up one minute and down the next; questioning what I say and do. Even questioning my sanity.
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 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.
going-away bad-things
Funny always makes the bad things go away.
mistake mean thinking
I make mistakes. That's what I do. I speak without thinking, I act without knowing. I drink so much that I can barely walk...I'm a fantastic lover though, and an amazing friend. God knows I mean well.
party europe gossip
I sometimes read in a gossip column that I was at a party when I was in Europe at the time. It sometimes feels I've got a Doppelganger somewhere.