Back Quote by Viv Albertine

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

— Jacqueline Woodson

I just write when fear overtakes me.

— Fran Lebowitz

Everyone tells you to write what you know. It’s the tried-and-true advice every writer hears at some point in her career. But to take…

— Sarah Jio

It takes a lot of adrenaline and fear to make me actually write.

— Maureen Dowd

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

Im always terrified when Im writing.

— Mary Karr

I'm always terrified when I'm writing.

— Mary Karr

Writing is a fine therapy for people who are perpetually scared of nameless threats... for jittery people.

— William Styron

If you're not engaged in the writing and it doesn't grab you then you just don't want to do it.

— Ewan McGregor

Write about the thing that frightens you most.

— Marsha Norman

But I'm more scared of not writing.

— Gloria E. Anzaldúa

You never get over the fear of writing.

— Maya Angelou