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 appropriatelycampaigncapitol share on social
I try to catch flies in cups and put them outside. After I wrote 'The Underland Chronicles'... well, once you start naming cockroaches, you lose your edge. Suzanne Collins catchchroniclecockroach Change image and share on social
I think we put our children at an enormous disadvantage by not educating them in war, by not letting them understand about it at an early age. Suzanne Collins agechilddisadvantage Change image and share on social
I loved 'A Tree Grows in Brooklyn.' I read it later as an adult, but I loved 'We Have Always Lived in a Castle.' And that brings you around to 'The Lottery.' You can't pretend - it's a lottery in which you draw a name and people die. That's a short story, but it's such an incredible short story. Suzanne Collins adultbringbrooklyn share on social
Katniss Everdeen owes her last name to Bathsheba Everdene, the lead character in 'Far From the Madding Crowd.' The two are very different, but both struggle with knowing their hearts. Suzanne Collins bathshebacharactercrowd Change image and share on social
My mother tried really hard to protect us, but occasionally, after afternoon cartoons of whatever was on... the nightly news would come on, and I'd see footage from the war zone, and I would hear the word 'Vietnam,' and I would know my dad was over there, and it was a very frightening experience for me. Suzanne Collins afternooncartoondad share on social
Telling a story in a futuristic world gives you this freedom to explore things that bother you in contemporary times. Suzanne Collins bothercontemporaryexplore Change image and share on social
Any time you read a book and get attached to the characters, to me it's always a shock when it goes from page to screen and it's not exactly what was in my head or what I was imagining it should be. Suzanne Collins attachbookcharacter Change image and share on social
The cast, led by the extraordinary Jennifer Lawrence, is absolutely wonderful across the board. It's such a pleasure to see how they've embodied the characters and brought them to life. Suzanne Collins absolutelyboardbring Change image and share on social
I'm not comfortable around cameras. Suzanne Collins cameracomfortable Change image and share on social