I think writers rush in where everybody is very frightened…

Writers rush in where publishers fear to tread and where translators fear to tread

— Guillermo Cabrera Infante

Everybody's frightened a bit. But how many of us just go through the fear and do it anyway?

— Barbra Streisand

There is absolutely no reason for being rushed along with the rush. Everybody should be free to go slow.

— Robert Frost

“In other words, don't be reductive. Often, writers will rush to an ending that completes, or sums up, or reduces their story as opposed…

— Aimee Bender

Soothing touch, whether it be applied to a ruffled cat, a crying infant, or a frightened child, has a universally recognized power to ameliorate…

— Deane Juhan

I can't help it when people are frightened," says Merricat. "I always want to frighten them more.

— Shirley Jackson

Or why it is acceptable to train fast runners and high jumpers but not to breed them. I can think of some answers, and…

— Richard Dawkins

No one seems to have learned, or can remember, the magic words that calm people when they are frightened or threatened: "I'm sorry; I…

— Carol Tavris

Megachurches. I can't be the only one frightened when our houses of worship sound like they could take on Godzilla.

— Jon Stewart

“She had just started living like a grown-up and she'd never felt more vulnerable, frightened or confused in her life.”

— Jeffrey Eugenides

We all have prejudices to dispel: the need to get away from thinking that 'I' am important and special and 'you' are not, and…

— Ingrid Newkirk

American imperialism has always been the imperialism that has been frightened of speaking its name. Now it's beginning to do so. In a way,…

— Tariq Ali

I don't think kids have a problem with death. It's us older ones who are nearer to it, that start being frightened.

— Helena Bonham Carter

“and I actually talked about God, the one who had abandoned me when I was very little, very frightened, and very hurt.”

— Alcoholics Anonymous

I'd be more frightened by not using whatever abilities I'd been given. I'd be more frightened by procrastination and laziness.

— Denzel Washington