Best 141 quotes of Candace Bushnell on MyQuotes

A glittering disco ball spins from the ceiling, but the music is something I've never heard, discordant and haunting and insistent, the kind of music that demands you dance.

A guy who is crazily, madly in love with you. A guy who sees how incredible and amazing you are, even though you’re not the cheerleader or even close to the prettiest girl in the school. A guy who thinks you’re beautiful, just the way you are.

All men are a disappointment. No matter what anyone says.

Always look like you know where you're going, even when you don't

And if you were always spending your time getting over your past, how were you supposed to get on with your future?

As Im writing, certain things become clear to me and certain things begin to feel right and make sense. The pieces start to fall into place.

As long as you're neurotic and crazy, he's great. But once he solves all your problems, he becomes the problem.

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.

Ever since I can remember I was telling stories and had a huge interest in other people and what made them tick.

From my experience, honey, if he seems too good to be true—he probably is.

Funny always makes the bad things go away.

Have I ever been in love? Really in love? And why is it that with each new guy I think I'm more in love with him than the last?

He leans over and kisses me. And suddenly, my life splits in two: before and after.

... he was juggling issues and solving problems, which was why his brain had no space left for memories.

I actually don't shop very much. I have a tendency to rotate a few pairs of ripped jeans and an old cashmere sweater.

I always thought that there was a really good chance that I wasn't going to get married.

I can only hope he's an Aries and not a Scorpio.

I can't wait to get out of the house. I can't wait to get out of here. I've been telling myself this all week. The 'getting out of here' part is unspecified, though. Maybe I simply want to get away from life

I didn't want it to be this way." "Yes, you did," she said, "because it is." "I just want to be with someone normal," he said. "I just want to have a normal life." "Excuse me," she said. "You're a little crazy," he said. "You're too old to act the way you do. You've got to grow up. You've got to take care of yourdelf. I'm afraid for you. You can't think that people are going to take care of you all the time.

I do not pick the wrong guys. They pick me.

I don't consider my work a job. I consider it a career. And you don't quit a career.

I don't go to parties to meet men. I go to parties to stand in a corner and watch people.

If a woman could take care of herself, would she still need a man? Would she even want one? And if she didn't want a man, what kind of woman would she be? Would she even be a woman? Because it seemed if you were a woman, the only thing you were really supposed to want was a man.

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.

If you believe in love, you're setting yourself up to be disappointed.

I have a house in the Connecticut countryside where you'll always find me, summer or winter.

I have this theory: If you forgive someone, they can't hurt you anymore.

I have to tell you, TV is an incredibly difficult medium. The most challenging show to do is the hour long dramedy. It's a very tricky format.

I know I'm not a wordsmith. And I don't write poetry. Sometimes I think I should, because it's really helpful. But I always wanted to write novels.

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.

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.

I'm looking forward to writing more novels for young adults.

I'm not ashamed of anything I've done. Shame is a useless emotion.

I'm really enjoying being single. I'm not even looking to meet anybody, which is so freeing.

In life,there are only four kinds of girls: The girl who played with fire. The girl who opened Pandora's Box. The girl who gave Adam the apple. And the girl whose best friend stole her boyfriend.

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.

I started working for the 'NY Observer' when I was 33. After I had been writing for them for about a year and a half the editor said, 'Your stories are the most talked about stories in the 'Observer'; you should have your own column.'

I started writing about New York as soon as I arrived. I was 19. I used to write short stories and send them out.

I think a young woman's relationship with her father is really important.

I think that one of the things that has changed the perception is that there are so many more single people. In New York City, it's 47 percent. When you have that many people who are single, they have a bigger voice and they're more willing to speak and say, 'We're not miserable, we're not sitting at home waiting for Mr. or Ms. Right, we're having a good time.' And I think single people have better friendships.

I think, when men tell women to lose weight, it's a diversion from their own lack of size in certain areas.

It's always the people who don't want things who get them.

It's hard to be careful, though, when you feel indestructible.

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.

It was ironic, but when you scratched the surface, most successful men were working for one thing only--to retire--and the sooner the better. Whereas women were the complete opposite. She had never heard a woman say she was working so she could retire to a desert island or to live on a boat. It was probably, she thought, because most women didn't think they deserved to do nothing.

It was scary how a girl couldn't live without friends.

It was the first honest emotional connection I'd had in a while. So I immediately panicked and had to leave.

I've always thought there are two ways of getting what you wanted in life.Forcing people to give it to you,or making them want to give it to you.

Life gives you lots of chances to screw up which means you have just as many chances to get it right.

Like me, he has a searing belief that books are sacred. They might not be to other people, but when you have a passion, you hold on to it. You defend it. You dont pretend it isn't important at the risk of offending others." -Carrie.