CAROLE RADZIWILL

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.

It's so much easier to be truthful. Maybe I'm just too lazy to lie.

Some candles are $40, and you burn them for two days and they're done.

Taking care of yourself is a part of life - and it shows.

I went into journalism for a reason. I try to be a thoughtful person. I try to see all sides. And I do think before I speak.

My first time on the treadmill, I was nervous.

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.

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

The publishing industry is not immune to gossips.

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've met people from all walks of life.

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

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.

Facts make you face stuff about yourself you'd rather not see.

I've taken a lot of chances in my life.

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.

To be honest, I don't really have my own makeup because when I'm not on television or doing a photoshoot or something I barely wear it.

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

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.

I am very close to my mother-in-law, Lee, we see each other often.

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'm good in an emergency.

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.

There's nothing worse than getting on a crowded subway on, like, a 90-degree day.

No one can make you feel anything you don't already feel.