I think when I was 12, I started reading Evelyn Waugh, and I loved Evelyn Waugh so much, and I thought: ‘This is how the world really is. If I could be Evelyn Waugh, then I would be happy.’ Candace Bushnell Read Quote
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 Read Quote
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 Read Quote
My parents had a great marriage. Interestingly, it made it harder for me in relationships because I knew what a good relationship looked like. Candace Bushnell Read Quote
You need characters who want things. They want love, they want recognition, they want happiness. Candace Bushnell Read Quote
I first arrived in New York in 1979. I was 19 and I was going to University in Houston, Texas, and I decided that I knew what I wanted to do and it was time to go and do it. I literally ran away from college. Candace Bushnell Read Quote
You don’t have to do everything by the time you’re 30. Or 40. All you need is a work ethic. It’s what allows you to push through moments of disappointment and self-doubt and fear. Candace Bushnell Read Quote
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 Read Quote
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 Read Quote
