The girls show more skin these days, but I think, generally, they behave the same way as when I was growing up.
Cecily von ZiegesarMost people were raised to believe they are just as good as the next person. I was always told I was better.
Cecily von ZiegesarFace 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 ZiegesarMy 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