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Candace Bushnell

Candace Bushnell (born December 1, 1958) is an American author, journalist, and television producer. She wrote a column for The New York Observer (1994–96) that was adapted into the bestselling Sex and the City anthology. The book was the basis for the HBO hit series Sex and the City (1998–2004) and two subsequent movies.

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It was ironic, but when you scratched the surface, most successful men were working for one thing only--to retire--and the sooner the better. Whereas women were the complete opposite. She had never heard a woman say she was working so she could retire to a desert island or to live on a boat. It was probably, she thought, because most women didn't think they deserved to do nothing.

Island, Men, Successful, Thinking, Working

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

Disappointment, Matter, Men

It's always the people who don't want things who get them.

People, Things, Want

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

337, Animal, Clawed, Diaries, Fearless

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

Girlfriend, Girlfriends, Maybe, Relationship, Soulmate, Soulmates

Meanwhile I'll probably see him again. That's how sick I am.

Meanwhile, Probably, See, Sick

Have I ever been in love? Really in love? And why is it that with each new guy I think I'm more in love with him than the last?

Guy, Lasts, Love, Think, Thinking

Funny always makes the bad things go away.

Away, Bad, Bad Things, Funny, Going Away, Things

Thank goodness for the first snow, it was a reminder--no matter how old you became and how much you'd seen, things could still be new if you were willing to believe they still mattered.

Believe, Mattered, Snow, Things, Winter

I can safely conclude that we are single because we want to be.

Conclude, I Can, Safely, Single, Want

I didn't want it to be this way. " "Yes, you did," she said, "because it is. " "I just want to be with someone normal," he said. "I just want to have a normal life. " "Excuse me," she said. "You're a little crazy," he said. "You're too old to act the way you do. You've got to grow up. You've got to take care of yourdelf. I'm afraid for you. You can't think that people are going to take care of you all the time.

Care, Crazy, Growing Up, Normal, Thinking, Way

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

Know, People, Who You Know, Write, Writing

I have this theory: If you forgive someone, they can't hurt you anymore.

Anymore, Forgive, Forgiving, Hurt, Theory

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

Countryside, House, Summer, Winter

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.

Business, Guy, Independent Women, Marrying, Stars, Working

Should, is the worst word in the English language. People always think things "should" be a certain way, and when they're not, they're disappointed.

English, Language, People, Thinking, Way, Word

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.

Alter, Book, Girl, Life, Real, Sound

I do not pick the wrong guys. They pick me.

Guy, Guys, Pick, Pick Me, Wrong, Wrong Guy

If a woman could take care of herself, would she still need a man? Would she even want one? And if she didn't want a man, what kind of woman would she be? Would she even be a woman? Because it seemed if you were a woman, the only thing you were really supposed to want was a man.

Men, Needs, Care, Thing, Supposed, Kind

What Sex and the City did for sex and relationships, Lipstick Jungle does for success and power.

Cities, City, Doe, Relationships, Sex

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