Cecily von Ziegesar

"Vanessa insisted that film was exactly like poetry. Nothing necessarily had to happen; you just had to feel something."

"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."