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title: "4 Lipstick Quotes By Candace Bushnell"
description: "4 Lipstick quotes by Candace Bushnell. Plus more from Candace Bushnell and more Lipstick sayings from other authors."
image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a35/candace-bushnell-1562_always_i-ve-always-been-fascinated-by-young-wom_627975.png"
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> [I've always been fascinated by young women who come to New York. The characters in 'Lipstick Jungle' were once young women who…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/candace-bushnell/i-ve-always-been-fascinated-by-young-women-who-come-to-new-york-the/)

[Candace Bushnell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/candace-bushnell/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a35/candace-bushnell-1562_always_i-ve-always-been-fascinated-by-young-wom_627975.png)

> ['Lipstick Jungle' was on the air for 20 episodes - I loved 'Lipstick Jungle.'](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/candace-bushnell/lipstick-jungle-was-on-the-air-for-20-episodes-i-loved-lipstick-jungle/)

[Candace Bushnell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/candace-bushnell/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/182/candace-bushnell-1562_air_lipstick-jungle-was-on-the-air-for-20-ep_915276.png)

> [What Sex and the City did for sex and relationships, Lipstick Jungle does for success and power.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/candace-bushnell/what-sex-and-the-city-did-for-sex-and-relationships-lipstick-jungle/)

[Candace Bushnell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/candace-bushnell/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/acb/candace-bushnell-1562_cities_what-sex-and-the-city-did-for-sex-and-re_1129831.png)

> [The '90s are really the 'Sex and the City' woman, and I think, right now, the new contemporary woman is the 'Lipstick…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/candace-bushnell/the-90s-are-really-the-sex-and-the-city-woman-and-i-think-right-now/)

[Candace Bushnell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/candace-bushnell/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/118/candace-bushnell-1562_cities_the-90s-are-really-the-sex-and-the-city_3003364.png)

## Other authors on Lipstick

## More by Candace Bushnell

> [“I’ve had boyfriends before, and frankly, each one was a disappointment. There was nothing horribly wrong with these boys. It was my fault. I’m…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/candace-bushnell/i-ve-had-boyfriends-before-and-frankly-each-one-was-a-disappointment/)

[Candace Bushnell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/candace-bushnell/)

> [Some secrets are better left at that -as secrets.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/candace-bushnell/some-secrets-are-better-left-at-that-as-secrets/)

[Candace Bushnell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/candace-bushnell/)

> [We hate guys who date more than one woman at a time. I've always believed that what's unacceptable in one sex should, by definition,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/candace-bushnell/we-hate-guys-who-date-more-than-one-woman-at-a-time-i-ve-always/)

[Candace Bushnell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/candace-bushnell/)

> [“The car was on the FDR drive now and, turning her head, she glanced out at the bleak brown buildings of the projects that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/candace-bushnell/the-car-was-on-the-fdr-drive-now-and-turning-her-head-she-glanced-out/)

[Candace Bushnell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/candace-bushnell/)

> [“The monute you get engaged, you become public property.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/candace-bushnell/the-monute-you-get-engaged-you-become-public-property/)

[Candace Bushnell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/candace-bushnell/)

> [Women with money and women in power are two uncomfortable ideas in our society.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/candace-bushnell/women-with-money-and-women-in-power-are-two-uncomfortable-ideas-in/)

[Candace Bushnell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/candace-bushnell/)

> [The heart wants what the heart wants," she says, somewhat cryptically. I purse my lips in disapproval. "You'd think the heart would know better.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/candace-bushnell/the-heart-wants-what-the-heart-wants-she-says-somewhat-cryptically-i/)

[Candace Bushnell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/candace-bushnell/)

> [Growing up, nobody I knew even knew a writer. So it was a big adventure and something that I've wrestled with my whole life.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/candace-bushnell/growing-up-nobody-i-knew-even-knew-a-writer-so-it-was-a-big-adventure/)

[Candace Bushnell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/candace-bushnell/)

> [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/candace-bushnell/the-city-was-different-back-then-poor-and-crumbling-kept-alive-only/)

[Candace Bushnell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/candace-bushnell/)

> [All those men who end up disappointing you. After a while, you don't even want to have feelings anymore. You just want to get…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/candace-bushnell/all-those-men-who-end-up-disappointing-you-after-a-while-you-don-t/)

[Candace Bushnell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/candace-bushnell/)

> [I do not pick the wrong guys. They pick me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/candace-bushnell/i-do-not-pick-the-wrong-guys-they-pick-me/)

[Candace Bushnell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/candace-bushnell/)

> [I'm not ashamed of anything I've done. Shame is a useless emotion.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/candace-bushnell/i-m-not-ashamed-of-anything-i-ve-done-shame-is-a-useless-emotion/)

[Candace Bushnell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/candace-bushnell/)

> [“I will not listen to you, or anybody else. Because you know what? Everyone think they know so goddamned much about everything and no…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/candace-bushnell/i-will-not-listen-to-you-or-anybody-else-because-you-know-what/)

[Candace Bushnell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/candace-bushnell/)

> [Rule number one: Why is it that the one time a cute guy talks to you, you have a friend who's in crisis?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/candace-bushnell/rule-number-one-why-is-it-that-the-one-time-a-cute-guy-talks-to-you/)

[Candace Bushnell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/candace-bushnell/)

> [The fact that a man is open to being with an older woman suggests that he doesn't give a hang what other people think…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/candace-bushnell/the-fact-that-a-man-is-open-to-being-with-an-older-woman-suggests/)

[Candace Bushnell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/candace-bushnell/)

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