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
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.
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.'
column knew since
Since I had to write every week, I knew the column had to be about something I know.
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.
lines attraction-and-repulsion repulsion
There is a thin line between attraction and repulsion
characters either themselves women
I think that they're characters who women either are themselves or are their friends.
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.
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.
being-single enjoy
I'm really enjoying being single. I'm not even looking to meet anybody, which is so freeing.
patents bigs leather
Patent leather wedges-they were big when I went to prom!
princess what-if planets
What if I'm a princess on another planet? And no one on this planet knows it?
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.
honey too-good-to-be-true being-true
From my experience, honey, if he seems too good to be true—he probably is.
be-careful feels indestructible
It's hard to be careful, though, when you feel indestructible.