Quotes from Candace Bushnell

There's so many things that mattered so much in my 20s and 30s that don't matter now.

Sometimes you have to find the passion. It comes from the inside... Everyone has to find it for themselves.

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

After all, it's woman, who decide, if a man is desirable or undesirable.

What I have yet to see is a real woman choose a younger man because he spent six hours a day at the gym trying to sculpt his abs.

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

The only way to look at men is like they're electrons. They have all these charges sticking out, and they're always looking for a hole where they can put those charges.

Men, Babies, it doesn't matter...we're soulmates

You know what they say: A woman needs a man about as much as a fish needs a bicycle.

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

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

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

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

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

I'm the kind of person who would have liked to have lived at the Plaza. I love crystal chandeliers and gold leaf, velvets and mirrors, Oriental rugs and marble.

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.

Maybe our girlfriends are our soulmates and guys are just people to have fun with.

It's a job. When I'm writing I'm going to do it five to six days a week and I'm going to work for four to six hours a day. There's no magic writing fairy. It's just hard work.

My parents had a great marriage. Interestingly, it made it harder for me in relationships because I knew what a good relationship looked like.

If you smile, even if you're feeling bad, the action of the muscles will trick your brain into thinking you're happy

Just because something doesn't last forever, it doesn't mean it wasn't meaningful while it did last. It doesn't mean it wasn't important.

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.

The key to life is your attitude. Whether you're single or married or have kids or don't have kids, it's how you look at your life, what you make of it. It's 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.