Quotes About Fear

I am normally afraid of birds and have never dreamt of any bird in my life.

Greed is normally balanced by fear.

I normally sleep very well, but when I do have bad dreams, they always involve my children.

Horror is one of the few genres that allows you to explore areas in film that normally you wouldn't otherwise.

I grew up on the old EC comic books before the Comics Code in North American and with all sort of good-natured fun. I never had nightmares I think because all of the old horror stuff that I was exposed to was well meaning in a certain sense.

My mom had an encounter with the KKK when she was, I think, 7 years old in North Carolina. She snuck into a cross burning. I'm so lucky she didn't get caught, because I wouldn't be here.

In North Korea, when there is an alarm, it means that there is a war drill. It means that you need to run.

I was once, I think, bitten on the nose by a lion cub.

I stopped feeling nostalgia for the moment because I imagine myself looking back on it from the future, which really freaks me out.

I was afraid of Sonya being defined by her sexuality because that's not fair to her. I don't want Sonya to be defined by who she loves.

You have moments when you sulk, when you crib and cry and feel that, 'why me and why all these things are happening with me.' We are only human. It's about facing your fear and not giving up because you are the only person who will support yourself at the end of the day and if you dont do that than nobody else will.

I write good songs out of fear... fear of failure. Because if they're not good enough, you feel yourself starting to fall.

I think fear has been racialised. When you get someone who says 'I was afraid' of a big black guy, that's enough to say, 'Okay, not guilty,' or, 'No indictment.' It's persisted over generations, and it needs to stop.

If I'm not completely daunted, I'm not interested.

I'm not interested in making horror-comedies, but I'm very interested in making scary movies with funny parts.

I've always been most drawn to fiction that wrestles with that death-fear. Sometimes I joke with my students, 'If no one is in danger of dying, I'm not interested,' but of course I'm not really joking.

Living is a form of not being sure, not knowing what next or how. The moment you know how, you begin to die a little.

I think so much of real life is this avoidance of getting into the not knowing. So much of my life, I've been running from just admitting that I don't know.

The Cylons are such a frightening concept - not knowing who is real. No way.

Not knowing the thing that's chasing you is a lot scarier than seeing it right in front of you.

I've always been afraid of who I am and not knowing what I can do.

I miss the fears. I miss that. I miss going over the middle and not knowing if I'm going to make that play. I think that's the part of the game you miss the most, that excitement of it. Then you think of the physical part as a retired player and I'm like, 'hell no.'

Am I afraid of high notes? Of course I am afraid. What sane man is not?

I'm pretty hard on myself when it comes to my voice, and certain notes I'm afraid to hit because I'm afraid I'm going to sound bad.