Quotes About Fear

I've thought a lot about how if something horrible happened, and if it were like 'The Road' situation, I've decided I don't want to survive past the death of society as we know it.

It actually took me 20 years to want to write about my youth. I was definitely always a little intimidated about writing about that part of my life.

: There are only two on-buttons for fear, in any permutation you want. One is when something that shouldn't be is, meaning a presence. And, the other one is an absence.

People love to get scared. People want to see the worst thing that can happen.

I tend to overuse the word "project" only because "book" is terrifying while I'm still in the middle of something. A project can fail. I don't want a book to fail.

Every American wants a clean slate, but nobody wants to lose what they've got.

I write very tightly, and my big fear is boring people. I want them to read quickly, stopped in their tracks. I resist indulging myself.

Most people don't manage to the utmost of their ability because they don't want to.

I'm worried about losing my hair. I think if I lost my hair, I'd lose a lot of parts. And I don't want to get fat. I'm always worried about that.

"Is it possible to both want and not want something at the same time? For desire to ride with fear?

Children like being a little scared, but they don't want to be disturbed.

Would to God, brethren, I could tell you WHO I am! Would to God I could tell you WHAT I know! But you would call it blasphemy and want to take my life!

It's a big deal when you finally get the chance to do the one thing you want to do - need to do - more than anything. It can kind of scare the crap out of you.

There was a lot of tension between my dad and his mother and brothers. Sometimes when I was over there, I remember thinking, "I don't want to get shot."

You have to have fear to take risks - and I want to at least try.

I follow after my father, who likes to protect mankind, and I really don't want to see a bunch of demons eating people. Call me sentimental. (Kat)

Looks like the safest spot here for a human who doesn't want to get eaten. (Kish)

People keep asking me if I'll marry again. It's as if after you've had one car crash you want another.

I'm really glad I did not tattoo on my body 'cause I don't want them. So, permanence is a very scary thing to me, along with things that don't change at all.

One night I looked down and my rosary beads were glowing. And I realized that I did not want to see the blessed Virgin - I was terrified.

Scary thought - what if I get to know myself and I'm someone I don't want to be?

And if I'm running away from something, I try to make myself face it and overcome that initial fear. As a director, I don't think it's possible to make a movie that you really don't want to make.

A lot of times in spiritual communities, detachment is considered to be an expression of being spiritually evolved when often, we have want and fear around being in relationship with each other.

Sometimes the scariest things in life aren't the Vampires and the Werewolves, sometimes there are things even God doesn't want to know about. Which is why he created the Devil's Roses.