Later in life, the memories I have of my mother are of constant work balanced with caring for my ailing father.

Motherhood is... difficult and... rewarding.

For the rest of my life, the one song that people will remember -- regardless -- is "Conga" . . . I never get tired of singing it. It never gets old for me.

Whatever it is your heart desires, please go for it, it's yours to have.

You can put things off until tomorrow but tomorrow may never come.

You've got to believe. Never be afraid to dream.

Everything that an artist does is a risk. Some people want you to stay the same. If you want to evolve, they want to keep you in a certain place.

I make the best pancakes you'll ever have! And I claim that title gladly. On Saturdays I make them for everybody.

The most beautiful thing about music is that it transcends most anything.

We seal our fate with the choices we make.

The sad truth is that opportunity doesn't knock twice.

Don’t marry him. Don’t be with him. Be with me.

I once asked him why he smoked the world's most expensive cigarette, and he told me it was because he was a man of wealth and taste, at least according to Mick Jagger.

Don’t let your pride write a check your heart can’t pay for.

To get what I wanted I became the monster I’ve always hated...

Anger is one of those emotions that doesn't follow the letter of the law. It speaks before it thinks. It rears up on its hind legs and charges.

Uva uvum vivendo varia fit

Look, I think you should promote the game, but I think you should make it what it ought to be. Not some kind of a side-show.

In the end, the only person I truly want to comfort me is Haymitch, because he loves Peeta, too.

When you are completely satisfied with what you have made, you're pretty much done as a director. So when that happens, that'll sort of be the end.

The author always loads his dice, but he must never let the reader see that he has done so.