Suzanne Collins Quotes
Telling a story in a futuristic world gives you this freedom to explore things that bother you in contemporary times.
Quotes to Explore
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I'm not a character like Rapunzel or Cinderella; my story looks like any other.
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It's hard to generalize, because they're all different. When I started, I decided to take as much advantage as I could of the freedom offered by the SF field.
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We're supposed to be an example of freedom, and if we are doing things that are injustice to people, then what is our statement?
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Every story I create, creates me. I write to create myself.
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I was also the romantic lead in The Boston Strangler - I was the only one that lived to tell the story - so I called myself the romantic lead.
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Republican values - strong families, faith, personal responsibility and freedom, among others - are not unique to specific subsets of the electorate. They are universal values, and it is Republicans' job to remind Americans of that fact.
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Liberty must be limited in order to be possessed.
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My father always said, 'Malala will be free as a bird.'
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Capitalism offers you freedom, but far from giving people freedom, it enslaves them.
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Although China is not so wealthy and powerful as the West, her people of whatever condition - rich or poor, high or low - all enjoy a perfect freedom and a happy life. Not so all the inhabitants of Western lands.
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The Bahraini people are eager to obtain facts to enable them to shape a comprehensive national opinion without division among its people. We confirm to all journalists and media personnel in the kingdom of Bahrain that their freedom is preserved and their rights are safeguarded.
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I think I have a right to live my life the way I like.
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A crime is like a crack in reality, and it is the author's role to explore those cracks. As a writer, I like to see how they impinge on people.
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Freedom of the press is guaranteed only to those who own one.
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Emancipation from the bondage of the soil is no freedom for the tree.
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I like to let the story flesh itself out, and usually, the characters make their own decisions as things get under way. Dialogue especially seems to write itself once I'm familiar with the characters and their backgrounds.
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Of course, I'm not allowed to talk about the script, but I can say it is a really good story.
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I would welcome satirical references to political leaders as part of freedom of expression.
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In science, if you don't do it, somebody else will. Whereas in art, if Beethoven didn't compose the 'Ninth Symphony,' no one else before or after is going to compose the 'Ninth Symphony' that he composed; no one else is going to paint 'Starry Night' by van Gogh.
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Shame on those artists who aren't proud of their achievements.
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I met people on college campuses who were defining themselves as genderqueer to express revolutionary feelings, or to communicate their individuality; they were gender fluid without being gender dysphoric. This phenomenon may be culturally significant, but it has only a little bit in common with the people who feel they can have no authentic self in their birth gender.
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At the highest level of awareness, the greatest gift given and received when you give someone flowers, is the joy of living a life based on love.
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Any elected official who asks to visit my schools is welcome to do so; there is no political litmus test.
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Telling a story in a futuristic world gives you this freedom to explore things that bother you in contemporary times.
