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Sickness, doctors, that scares me, not violence -- helplessness. That's why I turn to violent stories.

"Warren Zevon Dies" by Andrew Dansby, in Rolling Stone, September 8, 2003.

When I was younger, I used to be super, super shy. I still find myself being scared of things.

"Vanessa Hudgens: Hey Look! She's All Grown Up". Interview with Amy Spencer, www.glamour.com. June 27, 2010.

I'm in my 60s, and a cancer scare just makes you more aware of mortality.

"Walking with Her Muse: An Interview with Shirley Geok-lin Lim". Contemporary Women's Writing, Volume 8, Issue 2, 1 July 2014, Pages 123 - 135, academic.oup.com. June 22, 2013.

If something scares me, then I have to do it.

"Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

There's nothing I'm afraid of like scared people.

Robert Frost (2012). “A Boy's Will and North of Boston”, p.42, Courier Corporation

If you act scared, your body produces adrenaline.

Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

Anxiety is not only an inevitable part of the writing process but a necessary part. If you’re not scared, you’re not writing.

Ralph Keyes (2003). “The Courage to Write: How Writers Transcend Fear”, p.22, Macmillan