No, I'm not a woman who overshares.
— Carole Radziwill
This is America. In our country it doesn't matter a lick where you are from, it only matters where you're going.
The publishing industry is not immune to gossips.
Having to walk and talk and hit a mark and open a door proved nearly impossible for me. I suppose that's why we're on a reality show and not 'Mad Men.' Because we don't act.
As hard as I try I cannot get myself to three museums in any one city. The only museum I've ever really enjoyed was the Picasso Museum in Barcelona and I think that's because it's small and you can touch things.
My threshold for mean gossip is nearly intolerable.
Perhaps I'm old-fashioned but I don't think mothers want their 25-year-old daughters to marry 85-year-old men, except maybe for the money. Money, at least, makes some sense.
No one can make you feel anything you don't already feel.
If there's anything more popular on 'Housewives' than a fight over hair, it's a housewife diving into water. It's a prerequisite for the show, you have to know how to dive, preferably in a monokini.
The number one rule of fishing is be quiet. Don't scare the fish!
Only children believe that apologies fix everything.
Any show that has 'party non-invite' as its central conflict drums up the operatic high drama of a good Russian novel. It's the 'Real Housewives' Crime and Punishment:' first the horror of a non-invitation, and then the shattering aftermath.
It is a truth universally acknowledged that a delusional Housewife in possession of an audience must be in want of a ludicrous storyline.
Publishing is a tough business.
I didn't marry into the Kennedy family, I married Anthony Radziwill. I'm proud of him and his family, the Radziwills. They exist, they're real, and they are separate from the Kennedys.
I never call myself a Kennedy cousin. In fact, when I signed my contract with Bravo, I made it very clear that they were not allowed in promos to refer to me as a Kennedy cousin. I'm not that person. I don't feel it.
The rumors of Radziwill fortune have been vastly overstated.
I spent time in refugee camps in Southeast Asia, and in the projects of Chicago. I've been to State dinners with Presidents. I met the Queen of England on a beach in Anguilla. No one is any more valuable or important than you are. No one is more important than your family and your friends.
Friends have each other's backs.
People like to gossip about people who are successful.
I do hate air conditioning and early mornings, but my friends all know this and plan accordingly.
On my real vacations, I meet up with friends and we go for walks on the beach. We stroll through old cities, swim in the sea, and take afternoon naps. We shop, lunch, and, yeah, drink.
The Women' is one of my all-time favorite movies, you really should watch. It's based on a play by Clare Booth Luce about a group of high society women (one is a Countess!) in 1939 New York.
My Grandpa Tony was a legend in our family, and also in his own mind. There's no end to the tales of his exploits.
There's nothing more riveting than a contractually obligated 'Housewife' sit-down.
I think every girl needs a good lip split story, I have one. I fell onto my front door doorknob coming back from the mailbox, once.
I'm good in an emergency.
I always think if I'd had kids that I'd manage them like I do my dog Margaret: camps, playdates, naps, and lots of snacks. They'd all be fat.
A girl's girl doesn't trash another girl's career.
It's common procedure in the industry for people with little or no professional writing experience to get a book deal because of their profile, and then hire a writer.
I'm a lot of things but not a liar or a phony, even when I know it's in my best interest to be.
You can call someone a lousy writer. You can say you hate their book. You can even call a person 'white trash' but you can't go on television and slander a person's career. It's illegal, even on reality shows.
I don't consider myself part of the Kennedy family. It's almost like a little point of honor. I'm a DiFalco at the end of the day. An Italian-American from upstate New York.
I was definitely not one of the cool girls in Suffern High School.
I've met people from all walks of life.
I'm not ever getting a Pulitzer prize and my books aren't on high school reading lists, but for better or worse I'm a working writer.
I'm a writer and I've had some success.
I've been told I'm a good guest. I don't take up much space, I don't eat a lot, and I keep my complaints to a minimum.
The thing about rumors is that everyone believes something about them, even if they are completely unfounded.
The three kinds of people I dislike most are Gossips, Liars, and Hypocrites.
Family habits die hard.
I spent my summers as a kid in an upstate New York hippie town called Saugerties.
What is your favorite 'Housewife' line? Mine is, 'Who does that?' We all say it. Every Housewife in every city has said it at least 17 times during her reign.
In the grownup world an apology tour is just for show.
We're all the stories we tell ourselves.
News flash: A girl's girl doesn't try to shame another girl about her age.
I'm nothing if not consistent.
I am very close to my mother-in-law, Lee, we see each other often.
Age-shaming women is abhorrent.
I read somewhere on the Internet that I have $50 million, and I think what they meant was 50 million pesos.
