"Gossip Girl" Creator Talks

Stephanie Savage wrote the "Chrismukkah" episode of "The OC." So we think it's high time she got the press that her regular writing/producing partner Josh Schwartz racks up. Thankfully, the Los Angeles Times has obliged, interviewing the 38-year-old grad student turned intern turned development exec turned showrunner about her latest series, "Gossip Girl" (obvs!). Here's what she had to say ...

On accepting the "Gossip Girl" gig:
"I was excited. It was this world that I loved and felt wasn't represented enough on TV. There was nothing that had that beautiful, romantic, Woody Allen version of New York. There was so much in the book. There were very bold characters, and I felt like there was a way to add humanity and dimensionality to them."

On the show's adult content:
"When people say the show glamorizes teen drinking and sex, they aren't really watching the episodes. Not all the characters drink or have sex, and when they do, it's always put in a context. Behaviors are rooted in character. There's decision-making, regret and consequences involved."