Character Quote by Joss Whedon

I write to explore all the things I am afraid of.

— Joss Whedon

I think writing for me has always been a matter of fear. Writing is fear and not writing is fear. I am afraid of…

— Fran Lebowitz

I start with fear. It comes in so many forms. When I write, some of the fear goes away. So I write into the…

— Mat Johnson

I'm afraid of only two things: being lazy and being cowardly. I get up early in the morning and go to work. I love…

— David Mamet

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

Why am I compelled to write?... Because the world I create in the writing compensates for what the real world does not give me.…

— Gloria Anzaldua

I write to understand my circumstances, to sort out the confusion of reality, to exorcise my demons. But most of all, I write because…

— Isabel Allende

I write as a way of keeping myself going. You build your life around writing, and it's what gets you through. So it's partly…

— Robert Morgan

The most important thing for aspiring writers is for them to give themselves permission to be brave on the page, to write in the…

— Cheryl Strayed

The best thing about being a writer is it gives you readers who understand your deepest feelings and fears.

— Katherine Paterson

Writing is the thing that sustains me and keeps me going. It is a form of self-preservation for me.

— Bei Dao

“If you want to write, you can. Fear stops most people from writing, not lack of talent, whatever that is. Who am I? What…

— Richard Rhodes