I decided that, if I were to write a teen series, I'd want to set it in a place that was familiar… — Cecily von Ziegesar Copy Share Image
My biggest fear in writing 'Gossip Girl' was that the characters would sound like stereotypical rich, air-headed heiresses. These were my friends.… — Cecily von Ziegesar Copy Share Image
I feel like 'Gossip Girl' isn't really 'Gossip Girl' anymore when they're away at school because they don't go to NYU; they… — Cecily von Ziegesar Copy Share Image
I used to be an editor and I was editing young adult series. I didn't really like the books that I was… — Cecily von Ziegesar Copy Share Image
Even now, I change my style and clothes from one day to the next, but during high school I blended in. I… — Cecily von Ziegesar Copy Share Image
I always resented books that tried to teach a lesson, where the characters are too good: They don't swear, they tell their… — Cecily von Ziegesar Copy Share Image
“She couldn't believe how quickly life could change. How could she have known when she'd woken up that morning that today was the day… — Cecily von Ziegesar Copy Share Image
Open the fridge and put My heart on a plate. I'm just as you left me, and I taste even better leftover. — Cecily von Ziegesar Copy Share Image
I'm always saying that my books are not autobiographical because they're not. I can't choose any one scene and say, 'Oh, this is exactly… — Cecily von Ziegesar Copy Share Image
But she'd wanted him there and there he was. A lamb ready for slaughter. — Cecily von Ziegesar Copy Share Image
Give a girl a boyfriend and she becomes a total expert on relationships — Cecily von Ziegesar Copy Share Image
Sometimes a b.f.f makes you go W.T.F but without them we'd all be a little less richer in our lives . — Cecily von Ziegesar Copy Share Image
I feel something vibrating and I really hope it's your phone." Serana told Dan, who blushed. — Cecily von Ziegesar Copy Share Image
the only way to tolerate the thought of her mother sleeping with that man was to get drunk-very drunk. — Cecily von Ziegesar Copy Share Image
“I just like meeting people.” “I don't.” Tinsley wrinkled her nose. “It upsets my balance. I hate having to constantly reconfigure everyone, who fits… — Cecily von Ziegesar Copy Share Image
Most people were raised to believe they are just as good as the next person. I was always told I was better. — Cecily von Ziegesar Copy Share Image
I have no sense of what I should or shouldn't talk about. I just blather. Which is why it's fun to write 'Gossip Girl.'… — Cecily von Ziegesar Copy Share Image
