Cecily von Ziegesar Quotes About Writing

Quotes about: Writing

• 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, School, Character

• 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

  Writing, Thinking, Want

  "'Gossip Girl' Creator Reveals Reality of 'Young Adult'" by Cecily von Ziegesar, www.mtv.com. December 12, 2011.

• 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

  Girl, Hate, Writing

  "An Interview with Gossip Girl's Author". Seventeen Interview, www.seventeen.com. July 26, 2010.

• 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.' I do tend to just talk about anything.

  Cecily von Ziegesar

  Girl, Fun, Writing

• 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

  Girl, Jobs, Book

• My biggest fear in writing 'Gossip Girl' was that the characters would sound like stereotypical rich, air-headed heiresses. These were my friends. They were smart and multifaceted. They had interests and passions. They wanted to become lawyers and doctors and writers and filmmakers.

  Cecily von Ziegesar

  Girl, Smart, Character

• 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

  Writing, Character, Manhattan

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