Quotes About Fear

The first movie that ever scared me, I feel like it wasn't a scary movie. I feel like it was 'Dennis the Menace' or something.

Big cities do evoke a sense of menace.

Mental illnesses are so frightening and there's so much ignorance about them that I think it comforts people to think, 'Oh, well, it happens to these people because they deserve it.'

I'm not really comfortable unless there's some kind of risk - either physical or mental.

Feel the fear, and do it anyway. That's the mentality. Even if you're scared, just do it.

Without risk you can't experience life. There have to be risks, physically and mentally, taken by everyone.

For instance, why are we terrorizing this country, leading with murder and mayhem, when crime is actually on the decline, as somebody, as somebody mentioned?

People can die of mere imagination.

I have not seen 'It' because I don't like horror movies. I don't mess with clowns or demons.

I'm not going to play lead guitar in a concert hall full of people, because I'm going to mess up a lot.

That's the last thing I want to do is go on up there and mess up, you know, in front of America.

I'm always thinking 'Don't mess this up.'

When somebody says, 'Do you want to play Dr. Dre in a movie?' I mean, how do you respond to that? My initial response was 'no' because I don't think I can do it ,and I don't want to be the one to mess it up!

I'm trying to get across the message that don't be afraid of animals, they're just put on this earth to help the environment and everything like that.

I fear dying in the middle of a book. It would be so annoying to write 80,000 words and not get to the end. I'm phobic about it. So when I'm writing a book I leave messages all over the house for people to know how the story ends, and then someone can finish it for me.

My dad was diagnosed with cancer of the oesophagus in February 2012, and finding that out really messed me up.

Freddy Krueger scared us. 'Hellraiser' really messed us up.

He does not scare us; other things in life scare me. We all respect Messi, and he is one of the best players in the world.

I remember with my first album, I was so scared of messing it up, of blowing the opportunity, that I blew it.

They don't call it the Wall of Death for nothing. The biggest risk is crashing off the top. That's when it gets really messy.

I'm scared of having a messy end, but not dying itself. It's inevitable.

I felt like we used to hold ourselves in a box based on fear. Will the metal community accept us. Is this heavy enough? Is this not heavy enough?

Horror is my favorite genre, but it works best for me when it's a metaphor on top of something we can all relate to.

Keep a meter on your fear. Fear can cripple you.