“I used to be an editor and I was editing young adult series. I didn't ...” — Cecily von Ziegesar Quote

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.

I'd never really babysat. I feel like I'm Blair, or 'Gossip Girl.' A teenager, basically - and now suddenly I'm a mom?

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.

Recently my publicist asked me for a college photo, and I realize how chubby I looked. I know this sounds totally shallow, but my advice is don't fall prey to the freshmen fifteen!

I have known lots of adults who enjoyed similar enthusiasms as a kid and weren't encouraged and then didn't go anywhere with it and so they're unhappy in their jobs as adults.

I've been writing about my life and my ideas since before I was even an adult! So you know, if you ask a gymnast who's been doing it since they're two, 'How did you do that?' They're like, 'I don't really know. I don't think about it.' That's me!

You'll move from big brother to the adult world faster by cooking food for your younger siblings while your peers are playing video games.

As a person who has lived through my parents' divorce, I don't feel lesser or that I've missed out. I didn't become an adult and think: 'My family really messed me up.'