Candace Bushnell Quotes - Page 4

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

The only way to look at men is like they're electrons. They have all these charges sticking out, and they're always looking for a hole where they can put those charges.

My parents had a great marriage. Interestingly, it made it harder for me in relationships because I knew what a good relationship looked like.

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

The universe may not always play fair, but at least it's got a hell of a sense of humor.

I don't like to think of myself as a 'virgin'. I prefer to think of myself as 'sexually incomplete'. You know. Like I haven't finished the course yet.

When I was 8, I was reading a book in which it was snowing. When I looked outside, I expected there to be snow on the ground. I thought, "This is the most powerful thing I can do! I'm going to be a writer."

maybe he's falling in love with the idea of falling in love with me. Maybe he wants to be in love with someone and I've ended up in the right place at the right time.

Why do I keep evading my work? Is it because I’m afraid of being confronted by my lack of abilities?

- I don't want to be a writer so I can write about my life. I want to be a writer to escape from it. + Then you shouldn't be a writer.

... he was juggling issues and solving problems, which was why his brain had no space left for memories.

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.

. . . She was obsessed with clothes and status, how she never gave a thought to being responsible for her own actions, or even what she might do for anyone else-making her the ultimate example of all that was wrong and misguided about young women today.

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

I've always thought there are two ways of getting what you wanted in life.Forcing people to give it to you,or making them want to give it to you.

There are so many beautiful girls around that after a while you start looking for someone who can make you laugh

Always look like you know where you're going, even when you don't

It was the first honest emotional connection I'd had in a while. So I immediately panicked and had to leave.

You don't want to peak in high school. If you do, the rest of your life is a disaster.

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.

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.

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

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?

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.

There is a thin line between attraction and repulsion