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Suzanne Collins Quotes

I don’t know how to make people like me. Cinna, how do you make people like you? Picture Quote #1

I can hear him weeping but I don’t care. They probably won’t even bother to question her, she’s so far gone. Gone right off the deep end years ago in her Games. There’s a good chance I’m headed in the same direction. Maybe I’m already going crazy and no one has the heart to tell me. I feel crazy enough Picture Quote #1

All the writing elements are the same. You need to tell a good story... You’ve got good characters... People think there’s some dramatic difference between writing ‘Little Bear’ and the ‘Hunger Games,’ and as a writer, for me, there isn’t Picture Quote #1

One of the reasons it’s important for me to write about war is I really think that the concept of war, the specifics of war, the nature of war, the ethical ambiguities of war, are introduced too late to children. I think they can hear them, understand them, know about them, at a much younger age without being scared to death by the stories Picture Quote #1

The air’s warm with hopeful hints of spring in it. Spring would be a good time for an uprising, I think. Everyone feels less vulnerable once winter passes Picture Quote #1

I’m almost there, almost to the barricade, when I thinks she hears me. Because for just a moment, she catches sight of me, her lips form my name. And that’s when the rest of the parachutes go off Picture Quote #1

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My sleep wasn’t peaceful, though. I have the sense of emerging from a world of dark, haunted places where I traveled alone Picture Quote #1

If I win and you die, I don’t have a home to go back to. you are my life Picture Quote #1

Scores only matter if they’re very good, no one pays much attention to the bad or mediocre ones Picture Quote #1

If I took the 40 years of my dad talking to me about war and battles and taking me to battlefields and distilled it down into one question, it would probably be the idea of the necessary or unnecessary war Picture Quote #1

So I thought if I stopped being so, you know, wounded, we could take a shot at just being friends. - Peeta Mellark Picture Quote #1

I realize, for the first time, how very lonely I’ve been in the arena. How comforting the presence of another human being can be Picture Quote #1

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You’ll never be able to let him go. You’ll always feel wrong about being with me Picture Quote #1

‘Lord of the Flies’ is one of my favorite books. That was a big influence on me as a teenager; I still read it every couple of years Picture Quote #1

And she’s my fiancee. So if you want to get to him, expect to go through both of us Picture Quote #1

I think people respond to dystopian stories because they’re ways of acting out anxieties that we have and fears that we have about the future. So much media’s coming at you over the Internet, your brain gets overloaded. You don’t know what to do with it. And one thing you can do with it is read a story Picture Quote #1

Maybe everyone is just trying to protect me by lying to me. I don’t care. I’m sick of people lying to me for my own good Picture Quote #1

Want a sugar cube? [...] They’re supposed to be for the horses, but who cares? They’ve got years to eat sugar, whereas you and I . . . well, if we see something sweet we better grab it quick. [...] You’re absolutely terrifying me in that get-up. What happened to the pretty little-girl dresses? Picture Quote #1

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I’m thrilled with the work Tim Palen and his marketing team have done on the film. It’s appropriately disturbing and thought-provoking how the campaign promotes ‘Catching Fire’ while simultaneously promoting the Capitol’s punitive forms of entertainment Picture Quote #1

ÂŽI’m not going anywhere. I’m going to stay right here and cause all kinds of trouble Picture Quote #1

Live your life, take chances, be crazy. Don’t wait ‘cause right now is the oldest you’ve ever been and the youngest you’ll be ever again Picture Quote #1

The anguish I always feel when she’s in pain wells up in my chest and threatens to register on my face Picture Quote #1

It’s more complicated than that. I know them. They’re not evil or cruel. They’re not even smart. Hurting them, it’s like hurting children Picture Quote #1

And I said, ‘A coal miner? Why did she want a coal miner if she could’ve had you?’ And he said, ‘Because when he sings ... even the birds stop to listen Picture Quote #1

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My father was career military. He was a veteran, he was a doctor of political science, he taught at West Point and Air Command Staff and lectured at the War College Picture Quote #1

I never see these things coming. They happen too fast. One second you’re proposing an escape plan and the next Picture Quote #1

When I got out of undergrad, I had a degree in theater and telecommunications. My first job, I was a news reporter for the local stories for NPR. Then I was a country-western DJ. I did data entry for a yearbook company. In my mid-20s I went back to grad school at NYU, and I specialized in playwriting Picture Quote #1

That if desperate times call for desperate measures, then I’m free to act as desperately as I wish Picture Quote #1

I miss home badly sometimes. But then I remember there’s nothing left to miss anymore. I feel safer here Picture Quote #1

Having an eye for beauty isn’t the same thing as a weakness...except possibly when it comes to you Picture Quote #1

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I don’t know how to make people like me. Cinna, how do you make people like you? (Suzanne Collins Quotes) I can hear him weeping but I don’t care. They probably won’t even bother to question her, she’s so far gone. Gone right off the deep end years ago in her Games. There’s a good chance I’m headed in the same direction. Maybe I’m already going crazy and no one has the heart to tell me. I feel crazy enough (Suzanne Collins Quotes) All the writing elements are the same. You need to tell a good story... You’ve got good characters... People think there’s some dramatic difference between writing ‘Little Bear’ and the ‘Hunger Games,’ and as a writer, for me, there isn’t (Suzanne Collins Quotes) One of the reasons it’s important for me to write about war is I really think that the concept of war, the specifics of war, the nature of war, the ethical ambiguities of war, are introduced too late to children. I think they can hear them, understand them, know about them, at a much younger age without being scared to death by the stories. (Suzanne Collins Quotes) The air’s warm with hopeful hints of spring in it. Spring would be a good time for an uprising, I think. Everyone feels less vulnerable once winter passes. (Suzanne Collins Quotes) I’m almost there, almost to the barricade, when I thinks she hears me. Because for just a moment, she catches sight of me, her lips form my name. And that’s when the rest of the parachutes go off. (Suzanne Collins Quotes) My sleep wasn’t peaceful, though. I have the sense of emerging from a world of dark, haunted places where I traveled alone. (Suzanne Collins Quotes) If I win and you die, I don’t have a home to go back to. you are my life. (Suzanne Collins Quotes) Scores only matter if they’re very good, no one pays much attention to the bad or mediocre ones. (Suzanne Collins Quotes) If I took the 40 years of my dad talking to me about war and battles and taking me to battlefields and distilled it down into one question, it would probably be the idea of the necessary or unnecessary war. (Suzanne Collins Quotes) So I thought if I stopped being so, you know, wounded, we could take a shot at just being friends. - Peeta Mellark (Suzanne Collins Quotes) I realize, for the first time, how very lonely I’ve been in the arena. How comforting the presence of another human being can be. (Suzanne Collins Quotes) You’ll never be able to let him go. You’ll always feel wrong about being with me. (Suzanne Collins Quotes) ‘Lord of the Flies’ is one of my favorite books. That was a big influence on me as a teenager; I still read it every couple of years. (Suzanne Collins Quotes) And she’s my fiancee. So if you want to get to him, expect to go through both of us. (Suzanne Collins Quotes) I think people respond to dystopian stories because they’re ways of acting out anxieties that we have and fears that we have about the future. So much media’s coming at you over the Internet, your brain gets overloaded. You don’t know what to do with it. And one thing you can do with it is read a story. (Suzanne Collins Quotes) Maybe everyone is just trying to protect me by lying to me. I don’t care. I’m sick of people lying to me for my own good. (Suzanne Collins Quotes) Want a sugar cube? [...] They’re supposed to be for the horses, but who cares? They’ve got years to eat sugar, whereas you and I . . . well, if we see something sweet we better grab it quick. [...] You’re absolutely terrifying me in that get-up. What happened to the pretty little-girl dresses? (Suzanne Collins Quotes) I’m thrilled with the work Tim Palen and his marketing team have done on the film. It’s appropriately disturbing and thought-provoking how the campaign promotes ‘Catching Fire’ while simultaneously promoting the Capitol’s punitive forms of entertainment. (Suzanne Collins Quotes) ÂŽI’m not going anywhere. I’m going to stay right here and cause all kinds of trouble. (Suzanne Collins Quotes) Live your life, take chances, be crazy. Don’t wait ‘cause right now is the oldest you’ve ever been and the youngest you’ll be ever again (Suzanne Collins Quotes) The anguish I always feel when she’s in pain wells up in my chest and threatens to register on my face. (Suzanne Collins Quotes) It’s more complicated than that. I know them. They’re not evil or cruel. They’re not even smart. Hurting them, it’s like hurting children. (Suzanne Collins Quotes) And I said, ‘A coal miner? Why did she want a coal miner if she could’ve had you?’ And he said, ‘Because when he sings ... even the birds stop to listen. (Suzanne Collins Quotes) My father was career military. He was a veteran, he was a doctor of political science, he taught at West Point and Air Command Staff and lectured at the War College. (Suzanne Collins Quotes) I never see these things coming. They happen too fast. One second you’re proposing an escape plan and the next... (Suzanne Collins Quotes) When I got out of undergrad, I had a degree in theater and telecommunications. My first job, I was a news reporter for the local stories for NPR. Then I was a country-western DJ. I did data entry for a yearbook company. In my mid-20s I went back to grad school at NYU, and I specialized in playwriting. (Suzanne Collins Quotes) That if desperate times call for desperate measures, then I’m free to act as desperately as I wish. (Suzanne Collins Quotes) I miss home badly sometimes. But then I remember there’s nothing left to miss anymore. I feel safer here. (Suzanne Collins Quotes) Having an eye for beauty isn’t the same thing as a weakness...except possibly when it comes to you. (Suzanne Collins Quotes)

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