Suzanne Collins Quotes

I think about food literally all day every day. It's a thing.

Conflict is drama, and how people deal with conflict shows you the kind of people they are.

I am quite obsessive by nature.

A man reveals his character even in the simplest things he does.

I was consumed by the mystery Edward presented. And more than a little obsessed by Edward himself. Stupid, stupid, stupid. I wasn't as eager to escape Forks as I should be, as any normal, sane person would be.

Successfully (whatever that may mean) or unsuccessfully, we all overact the part of our favorite character in fiction.

Character is inured habit.

I have an obsessive character. I manicure my nails at three in the morning because nobody else can do it the right way. Maybe that's the secret to my success.

Certain people do need to stay in character the whole time, and that's just what they require as a person.

Some people think I'm mean, until they get to know me.

Our character is basically a composite of our habits.

Anything that you can do a tiny bit of research about, I'll turn it into an obsession.

Our true character comes out in the way we pray.

the whole way down, I was only thinking one thing . . . L E N A

Personality, too, is destiny.

You can tell the character of every man when you see how he receives praise.

A man's behavior is the index of the man, and his discourse is the index of his understanding.

We all know the leopard can't change his stripes.

Handsome is that handsome does.

Money makes people rich; it is a fallacy to think it makes them better, or even that it makes them worse. People are what they do, and what they leave behind.

Manner is personality—the outward manifestation of one’s innate character and attitude toward life.

Remember that your character is the sum total of your habits.

I still have a problem with nuns. I follow them around like a kitten with a ball of yarn.

A quiet well-behaved boy is likely to be both frightened and ambitious.

Was this some new level of depravity? Had he developed a spinster fetish?