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
stories
I was a freelancer all through my twenties. I did about one story a month and I wanted to write fiction, so the stories that I would do were precursors to 'Sex and the City.'
lines attraction-and-repulsion repulsion
There is a thin line between attraction and repulsion
column knew since
Since I had to write every week, I knew the column had to be about something I know.
characters either themselves women
I think that they're characters who women either are themselves or are their friends.
besides club clubs good great people
That's what's great about life, ... You don't have to keep doing things you did in your 30s. Besides it's not really a good look being in a club when you're 46 years old. The people in the clubs could be your children.
books-and-reading five four jessica lived sarah series tv wrote
You could say I lived the life, I wrote the book, and then it was made into a TV series starring Sarah Jessica Parker. (The character) would have been me about four or five years ago.
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 books-and-reading came column nobody tv women
When I first started writing the column and then the book came out, there were so many women who would come up to me and say: This is me. This is about my life, you know, and nobody has done it before. And I think that that's what they've done really successfully with the TV series, is they made women feel like it's about their lives.
princess somewhere-else president
Whoever we are here, we might be princesses somewhere else. Or writers. Or scientists. Or presidents. Or whatever the hell we want to be that everyone else says we can't.
dog hair guy
Guys are like dogs: they never notice if you've changed your hair, but they can sense when there's another guy sniffing around their territory
perfect-parents hands play
It’s tempting to wish for the perfect boss, the perfect parent, or the perfect outfit. But maybe the best any of us can do is not to quit, play the hand we’ve been dealt, and accessorize what we’ve got.
party men people
I don't go to parties to meet men. I go to parties to stand in a corner and watch people.
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.
thinking feelings brain
If you smile, even if you’re feeling bad, the action of the muscles will trick your brain into thinking you’re happy