American author (1958- )
That's the difference between girls and women: Girls find men fascinating. Women know better.
CANDACE BUSHNELL
One Fifth Avenue
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.
CANDACE BUSHNELL
The Carrie Diaries
The universe may not always play fair, but at least it's got a hell of a sense of humor.
CANDACE BUSHNELL
Sex and the City
You have to let go of who you were to become who you will be.
CANDACE BUSHNELL
Sex and the City
Using a man for his money is payback for men using women for, well, just about everything.
CANDACE BUSHNELL
Is There Still Sex in the City?
I like my money right where I can see it ... hanging in my closet.
CANDACE BUSHNELL
Sex and the City
My real love is jewelry. I love glittery things. I can't help myself.
CANDACE BUSHNELL
One Fifth Avenue
Thank goodness for the first snow, it was a reminder--no matter how old you became and how much you'd seen, things could still be new if you were willing to believe they still mattered.
CANDACE BUSHNELL
Lipstick Jungle
Men are the hunters and women are the gatherers. Shopping is a form of gathering.
CANDACE BUSHNELL
One Fifth Avenue
Man may have discovered fire, but women discovered how to play with it.
CANDACE BUSHNELL
Sex and the City
Maybe some women aren't meant to be tamed. Maybe they just need to run free until they find someone just as wild to run with them.
CANDACE BUSHNELL
attributed, Philosophical Feminism and Popular Culture
When you're young, you don't think about what your life is going to look like after fifty, because we're so programmed to stop at that demographic. The reality is it's becoming a bigger and bigger and bigger demographic.
CANDACE BUSHNELL
Is There Still Sex in the City?
Women are more complicated when it comes to their affections: They rarely love simply for what is--but for what might be.
CANDACE BUSHNELL
Trading Up
Life is the question and children are the answer.
CANDACE BUSHNELL
One Fifth Avenue
If you smile, even if you're feeling bad, the action of the muscles will trick your brain into thinking you're happy.
CANDACE BUSHNELL
The Carrie Diaries
There are so many beautiful girls around that after a while you start looking for someone who can make you laugh.
CANDACE BUSHNELL
Sex and the City
Love is spiritual. It's about self-sacrifice and commitment. And discipline. You cannot have true love without discipline.
CANDACE BUSHNELL
The Carrie Diaries
Funny always makes the bad things go away.
CANDACE BUSHNELL
The Carrie Diaries
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.
CANDACE BUSHNELL
The Carrie Diaries
Maybe mistakes are what make our fate ... without them what would shape our lives? Maybe if we had never veered off course we wouldn't fall in love, have babies, or be who we are.
CANDACE BUSHNELL
Sex and the City