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.

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.

I don't eat chicken abortions!

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

Just because we can't be together doesn't mean I don't love you

Destiny is for losers. It's just a lame excuse for letting things happen to you instead of making them happen.

But I've always been fascinated with that prettiest-girl-in-the-class person that I never was, getting inside her head and showing that she's just as tormented and messed up as everybody else.