I've met people from all walks of life.

This is America. In our country it doesn't matter a lick where you are from, it only matters where you're going.

Friends have each other's backs.

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.

The publishing industry is not immune to gossips.

People like to gossip about people who are successful.

I'm a writer and I've had some success.

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.

I do hate air conditioning and early mornings, but my friends all know this and plan accordingly.

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.

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.

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 thing about rumors is that everyone believes something about them, even if they are completely unfounded.

My threshold for mean gossip is nearly intolerable.

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.

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.

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.

Family habits die hard.

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

There's nothing more riveting than a contractually obligated 'Housewife' sit-down.

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

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 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.

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.