New York Performance

"Everybody in New York is performing. As soon as you leave your apartment, you're putting on a facade."
Candace Bushnell. WSJ Magazine

Apple-Cheeked Optimism

"The city was different back then—poor and crumbling—kept alive only by the gritty determination and steely cynicism of its occupants. But underneath the dirt was the apple-cheeked optimism of possibility, and while she worked, the whole city seemed to throb along with her."
Candace Bushnell, Lipstick Jungle

Feeling of Death

St. Paul's Churchyard

"Maybe New Yorkers like black because they feel like they've died."
Candace Bushnell, Summer and the City

Advancing in New York

Riverside Park

"That was what surviving in New York was all about -- putting aside your personal feelings in favor of the possibility of advancing your position."
Candace Bushnell, Trading Up

The Problem with New York

7-9 East 72nd

"That was the problem with New York: No matter how successful you thought you were, there was always someone who was richer, more successful, more famous... the idea of it was sometimes enough to make you want to give up."
Candace Bushnell, Trading Up

Crazy New Yorkers

Central Park

"I wonder if living in New York makes people crazy, or if they're crazy to begin with and New York attracts them like flies."
Candace Bushnell, Summer and the City