Anxiety Quote by Jenny Lawson

Anxiety and doubt are among my biggest struggles as a writer.

— Laura van den Berg

I basically never feel like writing. I am a happy-go-lucky, relaxed, fun-seeking kind of person. And working disturbs that, because it puts me in…

— Robert Lopez

My great fear of being attacked or trivialized by my contemporaries made me concentrate on what I was trying to do as a writer.…

— Pat Conroy

It's my belief that I was a writer - a very hardworking writer - well before I was published. I did care what others…

— Min Jin Lee

I actually think it's helped me as a writer to have to act. It's only when you actually start putting yourself out that you…

— Mike White

I am shy and self-conscious and awkward, so I think that's why I became a writer.

— Michiko Kakutani

I'm an extremely introverted and isolated writer, but I was starting to feel exhausted and as if my writing was becoming redundant. As much…

— Sabrina Claudio

I always, at least back then, struggled with emotion in writing. I felt like I could do odd, unusual things, but there wouldn't be…

— Ben Marcus

I was always meant to be a writer. I've felt that way since I was a child.

— Tess Gerritsen

My main strength as a young writer was that I had no fear of making mistakes. I knew I would and I knew I…

— Nikki Giovanni

There's no path to being a writer that's applicable to everyone. Some young writers have the fortitude to work in a vacuum. For me,…

— Jonathan Dee

When I started writing, I thought nobody would understand the things that I liked. Then I began getting a lot of letters from people…

— Novala Takemoto