But she'd wanted him there and there he was. A lamb ready for slaughter. Cecily von Ziegesar More Quotes by Cecily von Ziegesar More Quotes From Cecily von Ziegesar She was doing that thing some people do when they act nice and chipper and interested, while just below the surface they’re thinking really mean thoughts, and you can never call them on it because they’d just accuse you of being paranoid. Cecily von Ziegesar nice mean thinking 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! Cecily von Ziegesar college advice fall And who am I? That's one secret I'll never tell...You know you love me. XOXO, Gossip Girl Cecily von Ziegesar gossip girl secret It's physics. Pure physics, I'm falling fast and faster still. So fall with me. Fall down with me. And stay. Cecily von Ziegesar physics faster fall Back in my days as a children's book editor, my superiors caught on to the fact that teenagers were using the Internet to gossip about each other, and thought it might be nifty to develop a series of books about an anonymous high-school blogger who gossips about her classmates. The concept was passed on to me. Cecily von Ziegesar teenager book children I know hate is a strong word and everything, but its okay: we're teenagers. Cecily von Ziegesar teenager hate strong 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 use littles book 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 girl fun lying 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 teenager girl mom But I've always been fascinated with that prettiest-girl-in-the-class person that I never was, getting inside her head and showing that she's just as tormented and messed up as everybody else. Cecily von Ziegesar messed-up girl class 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 happened parent want 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 done negative years The girls show more skin these days, but I think, generally, they behave the same way as when I was growing up. Cecily von Ziegesar growing-up girl thinking Smart, truly hilarious, and entirely sympathetic. Like a hot bubble bath or a holiday at the beach, you won't want it to end. Cecily von Ziegesar holiday smart beach 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 writing character school ...don't act like I didn't for you. I did. Hard. And for a long time. So please, forgive me if now that we're over, I'm exhausted. Cecily von Ziegesar gossip girl long I'll tell you what I think. I think you need to stay indoors reading more books! Cecily von Ziegesar reading book thinking I guess I was popular in high school. Cecily von Ziegesar high-school school 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 crazy mean thinking 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 manhattan writing character
