Difficult Quote by David Krumholtz

I was very afraid to write a novel - it was a dream for a very long time, and it was one of the…

— Melissa Marr

My most recent novel didn't start out scaring me, but as I got deeper into writing it, it scared me. It's not so much…

— Nick Tosches

I think I was also afraid of the novel. I write line by line, proceeding at snail's pace, rewriting as I go and paring…

— Debra Dean

Being a struggling actor was a huge part of who I was. Now I've realised I'm not terrified of what comes next any more.…

— Jamie-Lee O'Donnell

I'm afraid of all kinds of things. I'm afraid of failing at whatever story I'm writing - that it won't come up for me,…

— Stephen King

I was scared to do anything in the studio because it felt so claustrophobic. I wanted to be somewhere where things could happen and…

— Annie Leibovitz

I've had one experience of writer's block in my life, and it was living hell. It was a terror for me.

— Athol Fugard

This fear is one of the horrors of an author's life. Where does work come from? What chance, what small episode will start the…

— Carson McCullers

I was mainly in a state of nervousness while I wrote it - nervousness that it was far bigger and more complicated than anything…

— Jonathan Coe

Every other writer's process is sort of vaguely scary and appalling.

— Daryl Gregory

Certainly I had a really terrible time with 'Emotionally Weird.' When I finished it, I thought, 'I can't write any more.'

— Kate Atkinson

I am very scared at the beginning of each book, because I've never written it before. I feel I have to teach myself how…

— Paul Auster