The number one rule of fishing is be quiet. Don't scare the fish!
Carole Radziwill
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.
My parents worked hard, sometimes two jobs, to keep a roof over our heads and food on the table.
Only children believe that apologies fix everything.
Delusion and denial does not equal an apology.
A girl's girl doesn't trash another girl's career.
Some candles are $40, and you burn them for two days and they're done.
The thing about rumors is that everyone believes something about them, even if they are completely unfounded.
I don't hoard things and I don't cling to memories.
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 do not create events for the sake of television.
We inherit the family we're born into and create the family we need.
Life is an overwhelming bundle of loose threads. The ones you can hang on to are precious.
The first thing I bought when I was 14 and started working was a crystal bear. I thought it was so glamorous and sparkly.
If you hear that my soul mate still tells one or more of his exes he loves her, I want to know. Audio recording is preferable.
Life is a marathon and you have to pace yourself. I believe that slow and steady wins the race, so in that way, I've been training for a marathon my whole life.
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 am very close to my mother-in-law, Lee, we see each other often.
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.
Family habits die hard.
The best advice I can give a girl is to keep new relationships private. There is nothing like a handful of well-intentioned 'girlfriend advice' to derail a blooming romance.
I've met people from all walks of life.
We're all the stories we tell ourselves.
The three kinds of people I dislike most are Gossips, Liars, and Hypocrites.
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.
Moving on' is a concept invented by Housewives. Housewives who behave so appallingly all they can do is say they are moving on, preferably in a place where everyone can hear them. To stay put and acknowledge that their actions have consequences and to accept responsibility is simply too painful for this particular brand of narcissist.
I'm nothing if not consistent.
I spent my summers as a kid in an upstate New York hippie town called Saugerties.
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.
Age-shaming women is abhorrent.
When you own an apartment in NewYork, it's important to know what's happening in your building. Each building runs as its own little municipal town. Much like you might be interested in knowing what is happening in your town because it has a direct effect on the value of your property.
People like to gossip about people who are successful.
Facts make you face stuff about yourself you'd rather not see.
The rumors of Radziwill fortune have been vastly overstated.
The publishing industry is not immune to gossips.
I, like many young widows, have very well developed gallows humor.
I was definitely not one of the cool girls in Suffern High School.
I read somewhere on the Internet that I have $50 million, and I think what they meant was 50 million pesos.
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 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.
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.
Publishing is a tough business.
It is a truth universally acknowledged that a delusional Housewife in possession of an audience must be in want of a ludicrous storyline.
News flash: A girl's girl doesn't try to shame another girl about her age.
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.
In the grownup world an apology tour is just for show.
I'm good in an emergency.
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.
