Quote

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.

Candace Bushnell

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

Candace Bushnell
Age: 66
Born: 1958
Born: December 1
Columnist
Essayist
Journalist
Novelist
Writer
Carrie Bradshaw
Life
Making
People
Two
Thought
Give
Wanted
Giving
Forcing
Way
Ways
Always
Getting

More quotes by Candace Bushnell

Image
I actually don't shop very much. I have a tendency to rotate a few pairs of ripped jeans and an old cashmere sweater.
Candace Bushnell
Image
And the sooner you do the right thing, the better. You get it over with, and you don’t have to worry about it anymore. But who does that in real life?
Candace Bushnell
Image
I can safely conclude that we are single because we want to be.
Candace Bushnell
Image
Zizi was young and often confused about how to live his life, �and when he made a choice he clung to it with fierce resolve, �as if to beat his uncertainty into submission.
Candace Bushnell
Image
The heart wants what the heart wants
Candace Bushnell
Image
What if I'm a princess on another planet? And no one on this planet knows it?
Candace Bushnell
Image
I think a young woman's relationship with her father is really important.
Candace Bushnell
Image
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.
Candace Bushnell
Image
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.
Candace Bushnell
Image
What Sex and the City did for sex and relationships, Lipstick Jungle does for success and power.
Candace Bushnell
Image
You don't want to peak in high school. If you do, the rest of your life is a disaster.
Candace Bushnell
Image
I love things that are old and glittery, that come with layers of glamour and past lives.
Candace Bushnell
Image
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.
Candace Bushnell
Image
Man may have discovered fire, but women discovered how to play with it.
Candace Bushnell
Image
Patent leather wedges-they were big when I went to prom!
Candace Bushnell
Image
This is the most powerful thing I can do! I'm going to be a writer.
Candace Bushnell
Image
I love Chicago. I lived there briefly for three months and kept a boat under one of those space-age buildings. It was very Jetsons.
Candace Bushnell
Image
As Im writing, certain things become clear to me and certain things begin to feel right and make sense. The pieces start to fall into place.
Candace Bushnell
Image
The heart wants what the heart wants, she says, somewhat cryptically. I purse my lips in disapproval. You'd think the heart would know better.
Candace Bushnell
Image
Guys are like dogs: they never notice if you've changed your hair, but they can sense when there's another guy sniffing around their territory
Candace Bushnell