Becoming Quote by Tony Kushner

“Fear is the major cargo that American writers must stow away when the writing life calls them into its carefully chosen ranks.”

— Pat Conroy

That's what writing is. It's moving past your fear.

— Jacqueline Woodson

Fear of commitment lies behind the fear of writing.

— Hilary Mantel

I'm convinced that FEAR is at the root, of all bad writing

— Stephen King

You never get over the fear of writing.

— Maya Angelou

Fear is felt by writers at every level. Anxiety accompanies the first word they put on paper and the last.

— Ralph Keyes

It’s not the fear of writing that blocks people, it’s fear of not writing well; something quite different.

— Scott Berkun

“Writing is one long session of insecurity and fear punctuated by occasional elation. Which is why so many of us are on Twitter.”

— Kelli Stanley

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

The politics of fear are always the same. They are easily recognisable in retrospect. They are easy to acquiesce in at the time.

— Naomi Alderman

Most serious writers refuse to make themselves available to the things that technology is doing. I've never been able to understand this sort of…

— William S. Burroughs

Writing something down that I'm struggling with makes it feel less scary or more manageable.

— Noah Kahan