Peeta bakes. I hunt. Haymitch drinks until the liquor runs out.

What I need is the dandelion in the spring. The bright yellow that means rebirth instead of destruction. The promise that life can go on, no matter how bad our losses. That it can be good again.

District 12: Where you can starve to death in safety.

The star-crossed lovers

Hope, it is the only thing stronger than fear. A little hope is effective, a lot of hope is dangerous.

My nightmares are usually about losing you. I'm okay once I realize you're here.

So it's you and a syringe against the Capitol? See, this is why no one lets you make the plans.

Happy Hunger Games! And may the odds be ever in your favor.

It takes ten times as long to put yourself back together as it does to fall apart.

I wish I could freeze this moment, right here, right now and live in it forever.

To this day, I can never shake the connection between this boy, Peeta Mellark, and the bread that gave me hope, and the dandelion that reminded me that I was not doomed.

What glitters may not be gold

His soul was shaped by the cadence of Sabbath keeping and seasonal festivals that were intended to help Him and all people to remember God's faithfulness, protection, and provision.

A life like this develops the comedy sense. You can't play tragedy while you're living it.

Being brilliant is no great feat if you respect nothing.

All my work shares a kind of balance between black comedy and sad and despairing melancholy.

As an action director I always try to bring something fresh and new.

One thing I did was grow up as an ardent naturalist. I never grew out of my bug period.

I'm quite arty. I didn't know whether to become an artist or musician but I realised I could paint with music. All my songs have colours.

TV is a responsibility, not only in entertaining people, but using this medium of television in positive ways to teach people and enlighten people.

I'm not angry at anyone.