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
sex hate guy
We hate guys who date more than one woman at a time. I've always believed that what's unacceptable in one sex should, by definition, be unacceptable in the other.
sometimes things-to-do best-things
sometimes the best thing to do is to pretend it didn't happen
father thinking important
I think a young woman's relationship with her father is really important.
kissing two kiss-me
He leans over and kisses me. And suddenly, my life splits in two: before and after.
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.
powerful most-powerful i-can
This is the most powerful thing I can do! I'm going to be a writer.
past layers glamour
I love things that are old and glittery, that come with layers of glamour and past lives.
space age three
I love Chicago. I lived there briefly for three months and kept a boat under one of those space-age buildings. It was very Jetsons.
writing adults looking-forward
I'm looking forward to writing more novels for young adults.
being-single enjoy
I'm really enjoying being single. I'm not even looking to meet anybody, which is so freeing.
stars independent-women guy
We're comfortable with movie stars having money. We're comfortable with a woman marrying a rich guy and having money. We're not so comfortable with a woman independently working in business and making a lot of money.
happy memories firsts
There's a brief moment when you first wake up, where you have no memories. A blissful blank slate, a happy emptiness.
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.
be-careful feels indestructible
It's hard to be careful, though, when you feel indestructible.