"One night, I was lying in bed, and……" — Suzanne Collins

"One night, I was lying in bed, and I was channel surfing between reality TV programs and actual war coverage. On one channel, theres a group of young people competing for I dont even know; and on the next, theres a group of young people fighting in an actual war. I was really tired, and the lines between these stories started to blur in a very unsettling way. Thats the moment when Katnisss story came to me."

— Suzanne Collins

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