A writer must be fearless. A writer has to be like a clawed animal." -The Carrie Diaries pg. 337 — Candace Bushnell Copy Share Image
“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… — Candace Bushnell Copy Share Image
“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… — Candace Bushnell Copy Share Image
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,… — Candace Bushnell Copy Share Image
“The car was on the FDR drive now and, turning her head, she glanced out at the bleak brown buildings of the projects that… — Candace Bushnell Copy Share Image
Women with money and women in power are two uncomfortable ideas in our society. — Candace Bushnell Copy Share Image
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. — Candace Bushnell Copy Share Image
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.… — Candace Bushnell Copy Share Image
“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… — Candace Bushnell Copy Share Image
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… — Candace Bushnell Copy Share Image
I'm not ashamed of anything I've done. Shame is a useless emotion. — Candace Bushnell Copy Share Image
“I will not listen to you, or anybody else. Because you know what? Everyone think they know so goddamned much about everything and no… — Candace Bushnell Copy Share Image
Rule number one: Why is it that the one time a cute guy talks to you, you have a friend who's in crisis? — Candace Bushnell Copy Share Image
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… — Candace Bushnell Copy Share Image
