Candace Bushnell Quotes - Page 5

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

  Candace Bushnell

  New York, Writing, Stories

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• 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.

  Candace Bushnell

  Confused, Choices, Fierce

  Candace Bushnell (2003). “Trading Up: A Novel”, Hyperion

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• 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.

  Candace Bushnell

  Writing, Thinking, Helpful

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• 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.

  Candace Bushnell

  Space, Age, Chicago

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• Sometimes I want to be on 'The Real Housewives of New York.' I want to remind them to figure out how to get along and support each other.

  Candace Bushnell

  New York, Real, Support

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• The '80s was all about this idea that women could have it all. You could have a career, and you could have a husband, and you could have children.

  Candace Bushnell

  Children, Husband, Careers

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• 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.

  Candace Bushnell

  Ceilings, Balls, Demand

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

  Candace Bushnell

  Jeans, Sweaters, Pairs

  "Candace Bushnell: ‘I Actually Don’t Shop Very Much’" by Amy Odell, www.thecut.com. May 26, 2010.

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• Man might have identified fire, but women identified the way to enjoy with it.

  Candace Bushnell

  Men, Fire, Might

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• Well in the book Carrie was my alter ego. In real life, Sarah Jessica and I don't look anything alike. But people do say that we sound alike. Sarah Jessica is an adorable girl and she is very funny.

  Candace Bushnell

  Girl, Real, Book

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• 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.

  Candace Bushnell

  Party, Europe, Gossip

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• This is the most powerful thing I can do! I'm going to be a writer.

  Candace Bushnell

  Powerful, Most Powerful, Can Do

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• 'Lipstick Jungle' was on the air for 20 episodes - I loved 'Lipstick Jungle.'

  Candace Bushnell

  Air, Episodes, Jungle

  "‘The Carrie Diaries’ On The CW: Candace Bushnell, ‘Sex And The City’ Creator, On Carrie’s Backstory And The Boys Before Big". Interview by Laura Prudom, www.huffingtonpost.com. January 14, 2013.

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• We're comfortable with movie stars having money. We're comfortable with a woman marrying a rich guy and having money. We're not so comfortable with a woman independently working in business and making a lot of money.

  Candace Bushnell

  Stars, Independent Women, Guy

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• 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.'

  Candace Bushnell

  Writing, Should Have, Years

  "Candace Bushnell: New York is a city of energy vampires". Interview with Deborah Rivers, edition.cnn.com. June 4, 2009.

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• The joke that I make is that there are instances on the TV series that happen to me, - except on Sex and the City they always make it better or worse than real life and I am actually saying that in a joking way.

  Candace Bushnell

  Sex, Real, Cities

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• 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.

  Candace Bushnell

  Long, Challenges, Tvs

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

  Candace Bushnell

  Summer, Winter, House

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• The '90s are really the 'Sex and the City' woman, and I think, right now, the new contemporary woman is the 'Lipstick Jungle' woman.

  Candace Bushnell

  Sex, Thinking, Cities

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• A writer must be fearless. A writer has to be like a clawed animal." -The Carrie Diaries pg. 337

  Candace Bushnell

  Animal, Fearless, Diaries

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• The universe may not always play fair, but at least it's got a hell of a sense of humor.

  Candace Bushnell

  Play, May, Sense Of Humor

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

  Candace Bushnell

  Ability

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• When it comes to people -- don't write about who you know; but what you know of human nature.

  Candace Bushnell

  Writing, People, Who You Know

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• Well I actually do have a country house in Connecticut with a population of 3,000. Like, how small is that? I spend a lot of time there - I write up there. So I kind of have the best of both worlds and I love going up there.

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  Country, Writing, House

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• When I was 8, I was reading a book in which it was snowing. When I looked outside, I expected there to be snow on the ground. I thought, "This is the most powerful thing I can do! I'm going to be a writer."

  Candace Bushnell

  Powerful, Book, Reading

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