Candace Bushnell Quotes

It's sort of interesting how, when you get older, things that were once so important sort of fall away.

I know you think that when you're 35, 45, 55, you'll be different. But I'm going to let you in on a bit of a secret. You're going to look different, and your life is going to be different, but in your head you'll always be that 16-year-old girl.

When you are young, nothing is more important than football, but as you get older, you get married, have kids and lose people. Then you realise your family is more important. This comes with age.

Maybe in my 20s I was a little more lively. But I'm done with that.

Partying isn't as important to me anymore like it was when I was younger.

Getting into your 30s, you don't feel the same as in your early 20s.

I feel like I've lived two or three completely different lives. At 33, I'm quite reflective and have the perspective you get in your old age when you have been through the losses of life.

When you are in your twenties you just think the races are what matter the most. When you are in your forties you really appreciate what you do every day.

To a point, family does that and a couple of life experiences both positive and negative that have definitely altered my perception on rugby. Whereas my first 28-29 years, rugby was the entire focus, which was not that healthy, now you realise what is really important.

You know, let a few years go by until I hit my midlife crisis. Then that can be documented on film.

Time scoots along pretty fast when you grow up.

You either mellow at 30, or your head explodes - take your choice.

I went a little nuts in my twenties, but I just turned thirty and I feel, like, older now.

Maybe something that's acceptable in your teens or 20s is unacceptable in your 30s or 40s.

I think, if you put a camera in anyone's life and document it daily from the age of 21 to 27, there are going to be things that aren't always pretty.

Growing old is mandatory; growing up is optional.

When you start acting as a child, you grow up ahead of your movies.

I was a very self-righteous 15-25 year old. Anyway, I wake up every morning and thank God I'm not a kid anymore.

With Maurice suddenly going, I realised... I think I've matured. I don't take things lightly any more.

At twenty-one, so many things appear solid, permanent, untenable.

When I was younger, I was testing myself and questioning everything, but now it's less about that and more about these are the years of my life with my family.

I can't imagine life without Vogue at this point. People say, what's changed? What's different But it's just part of growing up, meeting your soulmate and moving on with life.

It's interesting how things you hear as a kid take on a whole new meaning when you are an adult.

As a person, you like to see young men mature.

When you're young it's football, football, football. Then you get a family, kids come into things and you find you have a broader view of life. You get your inspiration from many different places.