She was doing that thing some people do when they act nice and chipper and interested, while just below the surface theyโre thinking really mean thoughts, and you can never call them on it because theyโd just accuse you of being paranoid.
Cecily von ZiegesarI always resented books that tried to teach a lesson, where the characters are too good: They don't swear, they tell their mothers everything.
Cecily von ZiegesarI'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 ZiegesarI'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 ZiegesarYou know when you see a gorgeous boy on the street and you say to your friend, "Look at him!" and then your friend makes a face like, ugly? We all have such totally varied tastes that someone is going to look at you and think, yum-yum dee-lish, no matter what you think you look like. You just have to learn to see what they see.
Cecily von Ziegesar