Candace Bushnell Quotes

"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."

"'Lipstick Jungle' was on the air for 20 episodes - I loved 'Lipstick Jungle.'"

"I wish I was one of those persnickety types who buys guidebooks and studies them, but I don't have the inclination or time. I'm more of a 'get on the plane, arrive at the destination and see what happens' kind of traveler."

"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."

"I love things that are old and glittery, that come with layers of glamour and past lives."

"I've always been fascinated by young women who come to New York. The characters in 'Lipstick Jungle' were once young women who came to New York and we see their early experiences through flashbacks."

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

"The most important thing to strive for in life is some kind of personal and professional achievement. Not as a man or a woman, but as a person."

"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."

"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."

"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."

"Well I actually do have a country house in Connecticut with a population of 3,000. Like, how small is that? I spend a lot of time there - I write up there. So I kind of have the best of both worlds and I love going up there."

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

"The '90s are really the 'Sex and the City' woman, and I think, right now, the new contemporary woman is the 'Lipstick Jungle' woman."

"Women with money and women in power are two uncomfortable ideas in our society."

"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."

"My decorating and renovation skills are nil - indeed, I once used a shower curtain from Pottery Barn as 'window dressing.'"

"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."

"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.'"

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

"I have to tell you, TV is an incredibly difficult medium. The most challenging show to do is the hour long dramedy. It's a very tricky format."

"I started writing about New York as soon as I arrived. I was 19. I used to write short stories and send them out."

"The '80s was all about this idea that women could have it all. You could have a career, and you could have a husband, and you could have children."

"Ever since I can remember I was telling stories and had a huge interest in other people and what made them tick."

"Like it or not, in the end, it's one's body. It's literally what carries you through life. There's a reason for the saying, 'If you have your health, you have everything,' and it's true. Old age, disease - these are the great equalizers."

"Sometimes I want to be on 'The Real Housewives of New York.' I want to remind them to figure out how to get along and support each other."

"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 of him. More likely, he's confident, open-minded and willing to make his own rules."

"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."

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

"I'm really enjoying being single. I'm not even looking to meet anybody, which is so freeing."