Suzanne Collins Quotes

In extreme danger, fear feels no pity.

Fear and hatred can be the things that drive you. I don't always think of fear as a bad thing, it gives you fight-or-flight.

Fear can give you urgent wings.

What don't kill me... Had better start running!

Fear is an emotion indispensable for survival.

If you don't hunt it down and kill it, it will hunt you down and kill you.

Being scared can keep a man from getting killed, and often makes a better fighter out of him.

Violence is the instinctive response to fear.

Even if they don't know it, everyone has the instinct to survive.

You back a big cat into a corner and somebody is going to get bloody.

It's like kill or be killed, that's my thing basically.

Nerves are good. They keep you alive.

All I could feel was this warm liquid running down my neck. You automatically think it's blood, it's all in split seconds, so I decided to say I didn't agree with him.

I've always been fascinated with adrenaline; it's saved my life more than once, and it's caused me to need it to save my life more than once. One of the most fascinating responses in human evolution, adrenaline sharpens your brain; it sharpens your responses.

The men would kill me.

If you believe that their real intention is to kill you, it isn't unreasonable to believe that they would lie to you.

The more you learn about the science of boxing, the more appreciation you have for man's ability to think and perform in violent situations, and that's what interests me in film.

I prefer to be hunted compared to the other way around... I don't know how you say it.

I know what it is like to fear violence. I understand the adrenalin rush that comes before violent confrontations. I write my scripts from an emotional point of view and direct so the audience can experience this adrenalin rush.

As a human, if you're in a scary situation, you pretty much forget about everything else! You just try and survive.

I don’t wanna die, man. They’re not playing. Have you seen how many of them are out there? One just took a shot at me, so unlike you morons, I’m hiding. Hiding is nice. (Vik)

Beatrice," she says. "Beatrice, we have to run." She pulls my arm across her shoulders and hauls me to my feet. She is dressed like my mother and she looks like my mother, but she is holding a gun, and the determined look in her eyes is unfamiliar to me.

Hope your new boots are fast Bella. One little jar isn't going to keep a hungry bear occupied for long." "I only have to be faster than you.

"Clove!" Cato's voice is much nearer now. I can tell by the pain in it that he sees her on the ground. "You better run now, Fire Girl," says Thresh. I don't need to be told twice. I flip over and my feet dig into the hard-packed earth as I run away from Thresh and Clove and the sound of Cato's voice. Only when I reach the woods do I turn back for an instant. Thresh and both large backpacks are vanishing over the edge of the plain into the area I've never seen. Cato kneels beside Clove, spear in hand, begging her to stay with him. In a moment, he will realize it's futile; she can't be saved.

If you had killed Watson, you would not have got out of this room alive.