The people who excel in any field are people who realize that the moment is there to be seized-that there are opportunities at every turn. They are more alive to the moment.

The hard part about one being tough yet meek is the illusion of being a punching bag.

There's a fierceness about life that calls for a fierceness to not anxiously solve it but to allow it to transform you.

They sayin I'm back, I agree with that.

The former stewardess glared at her ex-pilot husband as if he had been speaking, and thinking, in the absence of sufficient oxygen.

I'm not into no basketball beef.

My life is proof that no matter what situation you're in, as long as you have a supportive family, you can achieve anything.

Even an ice cream parlor - a definite advantage - does not alleviate the sorrow I feel for a town lacking a bookstore.

Do you know what makes a movie work? Moments. Give the audience half a dozen moments they can remember, and they'll leave the theatre happy.

Geniuses must never die, the progress of mankind depends on us

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