305 Quotes by Candace Bushnell

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

The most important thing in business is a persona, Nico,' he was fond of saying. 'People want to know immediately what they're dealing with. And when they think about you, you've got to stand out in their minds--like one of those characters in a novel.

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.

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 on with your life.

She didn't want to have anything to do with the party. She was tired of feeling like she didn't fit in, but she didn't want to go home, either, because she was a tired of being lonely and she was a little drunk.

When you live a lie, you damage the soul.

It’s not what I can afford, it’s what I want to afford.

Why is it that everyone who’s had a baby acts like they’re the only one who ever has?

You always think life is going to get easier when you get older, but it doesn’t.