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Cecily von Ziegesar

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I used to be an editor and I was editing young adult series. I didn't really like the books that I was reading, so I decided that I would write a book about something I'd want to read if I was 16. It turned into a Cinderella story... I developed a proposal and the characters of 'Gossip Girl' for my job. - Cecily von Ziegesar
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My high school wasn't a big public school; it was tiny. There were 36 girls in my graduating class. We were a big group of girls that by the time senior year came along couldn't wait to get away from school fast enough but we loved each other. It's really fun to see the girls at reunions now. - Cecily von Ziegesar
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Even now, I change my style and clothes from one day to the next, but during high school I blended in. I think a lot of people are that way. I guess that's why I can write about an array of characters. - Cecily von Ziegesar
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Face it, you have to be sort of an egomaniac to write something down and think that anyone is going to want to read it. - Cecily von Ziegesar
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I avoid the young adult section altogether if possible, although it's sometimes fun to catch a girl lying on the floor, reading 'Gossip Girl.' - Cecily von Ziegesar
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I tend to stare at people and memorize what they're saying and how they say it. - Cecily von Ziegesar
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I'm just a crazy person. I mean, I really didn't have any trouble coming up with weird ways for people to die. I think I'm just very twisted! - Cecily von Ziegesar
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When I meet other parents and they're more 'mumsy' than I am - you know, I don't want to be 'mumsy,' but I'm like, 'Were you always like that or... what happened?' - Cecily von Ziegesar
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I'd never really babysat. I feel like I'm Blair, or 'Gossip Girl.' A teenager, basically - and now suddenly I'm a mom? - Cecily von Ziegesar
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I always resented books that tried to teach a lesson, where the characters are too good: They don't swear, they tell their mothers everything. - Cecily von Ziegesar
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When I was 16, 17, 18 years old, I felt like I had seen it all and done it all, and I was really kind of negative about everything. - Cecily von Ziegesar
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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 what happened to me!' I just use little snippets of things as a starting point! - Cecily von Ziegesar
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I went to Colby College in Waterville, ME and did picture it when I was writing 'Cum Laude.' So many of the physical details were included, like the loop where people jogged. The story of the chapel is also borrowed from Colby... but the students and cast of characters are fictional. - Cecily von Ziegesar
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I decided that, if I were to write a teen series, I'd want to set it in a place that was familiar to me - Manhattan, where I'd grown up - and I'd model the characters on myself and my friends. - Cecily von Ziegesar
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I certainly didn't say while writing 'Gossip Girl,' 'Oh this is going to be big!' It was really like, 'Oh god, everyone's gong to hate these people! They're so bratty!' But I actually think what is so appealing about them is the humor in them. - Cecily von Ziegesar
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