Words matter. These are the best Carole Radziwill Quotes, and they’re great for sharing with your friends.
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.
No, I’m not a woman who overshares.
I don’t think girls realize that alcohol is just the worst for the skin.
There are things I’m never late for. I’m not late for the theater; I’m not late for the movies; I’m not late if my single girlfriend is at a bar somewhere. But if I’m on vacation in Mexico with a bunch of cackling hens, then I’m going to be late for dinner – count on it.
Only children believe that apologies fix everything.
News flash: A girl’s girl doesn’t try to shame another girl about her age.
Facts make you face stuff about yourself you’d rather not see.
I’ve always been 100%. I don’t grandstand for the cameras. I don’t have fake outrage or indignation. No tricks, no screaming or throwing my leg on the floor.
It’s so much easier to be truthful. Maybe I’m just too lazy to lie.
The first thing I bought when I was 14 and started working was a crystal bear. I thought it was so glamorous and sparkly.
My parents worked hard, sometimes two jobs, to keep a roof over our heads and food on the table.
I have always approached ‘Housewives’ as a comedy.
I’m a writer and I’ve had some success.
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.
I like carbs and I like junk food, and I don’t gain any weight from them, so I’ve been slightly abusive of my body because of this.
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.
I do not chase silly drama for the sake of storylines, though it sometimes seems to find me.
I’m good in an emergency.
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.
Publishing is a tough business.
The best bloggers have tongue planted firmly in cheek.
The publishing industry is not immune to gossips.
No one can make you feel anything you don’t already feel.
My threshold for mean gossip is nearly intolerable.
I’m nothing if not consistent.
A girl’s girl doesn’t trash another girl’s career.
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’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.
My late husband’s family is not something I sit around and discuss at cocktail parties.
I’ve been underweight my entire life but not so much that I didn’t get my period.
I’m a reporter by nature and training. I like things that make sense.
One of my greatest extravagances is smelly candles. I’m embarrassed to say, but I spend a disproportionate amount of money on candles. It adds up.
Liking beauty doesn’t mean you’re superficial.
In the grownup world an apology tour is just for show.
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.
The Shamwow is amazing. So absorbent.
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.
Family habits die hard.
I don’t hoard things and I don’t cling to memories.
I’ve taken a lot of chances in my life.
I try to keep it as honest and real as I can with television crews following me around.
I don’t like bad smells.
I spent my summers as a kid in an upstate New York hippie town called Saugerties.
People like to gossip about people who are successful.
Delusion and denial does not equal an apology.
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.
The rumors of Radziwill fortune have been vastly overstated.
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.
Some candles are $40, and you burn them for two days and they’re done.
I read somewhere on the Internet that I have $50 million, and I think what they meant was 50 million pesos.
The thing about rumors is that everyone believes something about them, even if they are completely unfounded.
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 was definitely not one of the cool girls in Suffern High School.
It is a truth universally acknowledged that a delusional Housewife in possession of an audience must be in want of a ludicrous storyline.
I’m used to people commenting on my body, even women I have just met.
Friends have each other’s backs.
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 just want to say that from an early age, my parents instilled in me the values that you work hard for want you want in life; that your word is your bond; that you do what you say you will do and you treat people with respect. That includes Housewives too!
Age-shaming women is abhorrent.
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.
Blogs are nothing more than a personal meandering diary for public consumption – a narcissist’s dream. So you can imagine when bloggers take themselves – and their blogs – seriously, it’s super annoying.
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.
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.
We inherit the family we’re born into and create the family we need.
Sometimes silence is the best way to shut down an awkward conversation.
I’m cautious in matters of the heart.
