Fear Quote by L. Neil Smith

I didn't want my book to be soapy - maybe it's my vanity but I think I can write better than that.

— June Brown

Sometimes I think that my best writing comes from exposing my fears and vulnerabilities and hoping that nobody notices it's about me.

— Victoria Laurie

My great fear has always been complete and utter failure. Hence, you see, all the dispossessed people in my fiction, and why I try…

— Peter Ackroyd

I think that most writers who wait until they're inspired to write are just waiting for the fear to subside.

— Barry Mann

My greatest fear is feeling like a professional novelist. Somebody who creates characters, who sits down and has pieces of paper taped to the…

— Jonathan Safran Foer

“One of the most terrifying aspects of publishing stories and books is the realization that they are going to be read, and read by…

— Shirley Jackson

If you don't have a sensation of apprehension when you set out to find a story and a swagger when you sit down to…

— A. M. Rosenthal

“Writers live with fear. Some writers cannot deal with the fear, and so they quit or refuse to publish. In order to write, you…

— Patrick Mcmanus

Writers, at least writers of fiction, are always full of anxiety and worry.

— Peter Carey

“My fear is, what is the larger effect of my book on the world and on the minds of the people who take the…

— Patrick Rothfuss

“You are a writer when your overwhelming need to tell a story outweighs your fear of ridicule.”

— Julie Rodelli

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