Suzanne Collins Quotes

There's no possibility of being witty without a little ill-nature.

I love to engage in repartee with people who are stupider than I am.

Wit is educated insolence.

Oscar Wilde: 'Do you mind if I smoke?' Sarah Bernhardt: 'I don't care if you burn.'

It's nice, this. The canal." He looks at me. "You." "I'll bet you say that to all the canals.

i never pegged you for a fan of the obvious, sam", "i'm not, otherwise, i would've said, 'hey, shouldn't you be in school ?'", "touche

"You are fairly smart," I said after a while. "You are fairly good at compliments," he answered.

I can be sarcastic.

The best way to make the most serious point in the world is to be as unserious as possible.

The problem with having a sense of humor is often that people you use it on aren't in a very good mood.

Common sense and a sense of humor are the same thing, moving at different speeds. A sense of humor is just common sense, dancing.

My success comes in making fun of whatever you're doing. That's my way.

Even on the most serious ballads, I'll throw in a tongue-in-cheek remark.

Sometimes you say things with a smile with the precise intention of making it clear that you are not being serious, and are only kidding. If I salute a friend with a smile and say, 'How are you, you old scoundrel!' clearly I don't really mean he's a scoundrel.

I don't mean to be funny.

You shouldn't get too close to the truth, because then maybe you stop being funny.

You can pretend to be serious; but you can't pretend to be witty.

Wit is the epitaph of an emotion.

Witticism. A sharp and clever remark, usually quoted and seldom noted; what the Philistine is pleased to call a joke.

The love of truth lies at the root of much humor.

I was the class innuendist.

One cannot be always laughing at a man without now and then stumbling on something witty.

Wit is the lowest form of humor.

I can be very dry and sarcastic.

What I don't like is snark for snark's sake. If you are going to make fun of me, at least be witty while doing it.