Quotes from Carole Radziwill

I don't think girls realize that alcohol is just the worst for the skin.

The best bloggers have tongue planted firmly in cheek.

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.

I'm a reporter by nature, I want to know everything.

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.

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.

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.

In the grownup world an apology tour is just for show.

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.

Sometimes silence is the best way to shut down an awkward conversation.

I do not chase silly drama for the sake of storylines, though it sometimes seems to find me.

We inherit the family we're born into and create the family we need.

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.

I'm a reporter by nature and training. I like things that make sense.

My late husband's family is not something I sit around and discuss at cocktail parties.

Yes, I'm a carb junkie. No, I don't workout.

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 spent my summers as a kid in an upstate New York hippie town called Saugerties.

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.

I, like many young widows, have very well developed gallows humor.

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.

A girl's girl doesn't trash another girl's career.

My first time on the treadmill, I was nervous.

I don't like bad smells.