Quotes by Candace Bushnell

My anger is like some rudimentary, single-celled beast, an exploding virus of fury that paralyses rational thought and blinds me to everything except one single goal...

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

Zizi was young and often confused about how to live his life, and when he made a choice he clung to it with fierce resolve, as if to beat his uncertainty into submission.

The city was different back then--poor and crumbling--kept alive only by the gritty determination and steely cynicism of its occupants. But underneath the dirt was the apple-cheeked optimism of possibility, and while she worked, the whole city seemed to throb along with her.

She didnt want to have anything to do with the party. She was tired of feeling like she didnt fit in, but she didnt want to go home, either, because she was a tired of being lonely and she was a little drunk.

Some secrets are better left at that -as secrets.

Why do I keep evading my work? Is it because I’m afraid of being confronted by my lack of abilities?

Don’t you ever get scared?” I ask.“Of what?” She says.“Of not being good enough.”“You mean at writing?” L’il asks.I nod. “What if I’m the only one who thinks I can do it and no one else does? What if I’m fooling myself-““Oh, Carrie.” She smiles. “Don’t you know that every writer feels that way? Fear is part of the job.

Just because someone is a girl doesnt mean she cant be tough and practical and have adventures. Thats the way most girls are-until they get around guys. Then guys make them act all stupid.

Maybe some women arent meant to be tamed. Maybe they just need to run free until they find someone just as wild to run with them. -Carrie Bradshaw

Why shouldn’t I? I demand silently. Why shouldn’t I become a famous writer? Like Norman Mailer. Or Philip Roth. And F. Scott Fitzgerald and Hemmingway and all those other men. Why can’t I be like them? I mean, what is the point of becoming a writer if no one reads what you’ve written?Damn Viktor Greene and The New School. Why do I have to keep proving myself all of the time? Why can’t I be like L’il, with everyone praising and encouraging me? Or Rainbow, with her sense of entitlement. I bet Viktor Greene never asked Rainbow why she wanted to be a writer.Or what if-I wince-Viktor Greene is right? I’m not a writer after all.

When one good thing happened to you, other good things seemed to follow.

But that was the problem with New York: No matter how succesful you thought you were, there was always someone who was richer, more successful, more famous.. The idea of it was sometimes enough to make you want to give up.

That was the wonderful thing about New York: Years of bad blood could be wiped out with a single gesture of friendliness.

Beware what you consume, lest you appetite grow by what it feeds on.

The key to life is your attitude. Whether youre single or married or have kids or dont have kids, its how you look at your life, what you make of it. Its about making the best of your life wherever you are in life.

Women with money and women in power are two uncomfortable ideas in our society.

Well in the book Carrie was my alter ego. In real life, Sarah Jessica and I dont look anything alike. But people do say that we sound alike. Sarah Jessica is an adorable girl and she is very funny.

If Im 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 Im with a man? Something that young women find out really quickly is that when you start dating, all of a sudden youre supposed to have a role. Youre not allowed to just be yourself.

I know Im not a wordsmith. And I dont write poetry. Sometimes I think I should, because its really helpful. But I always wanted to write novels.