Most people were raised to believe they are just as good as the next person. I was always told I was better.

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.

oh my god, she couldn't help thinking. I have hairy legs and I'm going to die alone.

Blair liked to think of herself as a hopeless romantic in the style of old movie actresses like Audrey Hepburn and Marilyn Monroe. She was always coming up with plot devices for the movie she was starring in at the moment, the movie that was her life.

I feel something vibrating and I really hope it's your phone." Serana told Dan, who blushed.

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.

I know hate is a strong word and everything, but its okay: we're teenagers.