Fear Quote by Dorothy Allison

“I was the embodiment of every writer's worst fear: a cliché.”

— Gillian Flynn

“That's what a writer is -- a conqueror of fears.”

— Erica Jong

“Write to your fear.”

— Dorothy Allison

“I am afraid of writing, too, because when I write I am always moving toward the unarticulated, the dangerous, the place where the walls…

— Siri Hustvedt

“I would also write down my fears and look at them. When fears stay stuck inside your head, your imagination can go wild, torturing…

— Blake Mycoskie

“It took me a long time to realise that there are two kinds of writing: the one you write and the one that writes…

— Jeanette Winterson

“The only thing that scares me now is me. The [person] I might become. The [person] I dont ever want to be. Everybody has…

— Carrie Jones

“The things we fear are almost always things which needn't be feared at all. They are creatures of our imagination.”

— Louise Dickinson Rich

“My biggest fear isn’t being a failure as an author but being a failure at being me.”

— Christina Noll

“I’ve realized the most effective writing and living are done when we are willing to be vulnerable. I think we spend most of our…

— Katie Kiesler

“In the days when I didn't know people were reading and judging me, I wrote serenely, as if eating bliny; now I am afraid…

— Anton Chekhov

“I hate writing, I hate pens and paper and all that fussiness. I have done well enough without it too, I think. Oh, I…

— Sebastian Barry