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
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.
falling-in-love ideas want
maybe he's falling in love with the idea of falling in love with me. Maybe he wants to be in love with someone and I've ended up in the right place at the right time.
heart want
The heart wants what the heart wants
jobs careers quitting
I don't consider my work a job. I consider it a career. And you don't quit a career.
sometimes things-to-do best-things
sometimes the best thing to do is to pretend it didn't happen
be-careful feels indestructible
It's hard to be careful, though, when you feel indestructible.
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.
want i-can
I can safely conclude that we are single because we want to be.
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.
spiritual commitment sacrifice
Love is spiritual. It's about self-sacrifice and commitment. And discipline. You cannot have true love without discipline and respect. When you lose the respect of your spouse, you've lost everything.
came characters fascinated women york
I've always been fascinated by young women who come to New York. The characters in 'Lipstick Jungle' were once young women who came to New York and we see their early experiences through flashbacks.
crystal liked lived love oriental
I'm the kind of person who would have liked to have lived at the Plaza. I love crystal chandeliers and gold leaf, velvets and mirrors, Oriental rugs and marble.
asked determined division incredibly sent series simon wrote
I was incredibly determined - I wrote short stories, I wrote the beginnings of novels. I wrote a little children's book and sent it to the editor-in-chief of the children's division of Simon and Schuster and she asked me to write a little children's book for a series she was doing.