I have now taken a serious task upon myself and I fear a greater one that is in the power of any man to perform in the given time-but it is too late to go back.

As with most phobias the fear of flying does make some sense but if ever there was a fear worth quashing then this is it. After all life is short and there's a great big world to explore out there.

On the one hand Twitter gives you the opportunity to engage with people which is great but on the other there are people who feel they can say whatever they want put poison out there really without fear of any repercussions.

The dread of lonliness is greater than the fear of bondage so we get married.

The greatest fear that haunts this city is a suitcase bomb nuclear or germ. Many people carry small gas masks. The masses here seem to be resigned to the inevitable believing an attack of major proportions will happen.

Although I am deeply grateful to a great many people I forgo the temptation of naming them for fear that I might slight any by omission.

Yet it ought to be obvious that good music generally occupies a higher plane that mere politics. Great writers can express moods through melody and capture experiences we share most powerfully - love lust longing joy rage fear triumph yearning and confusion.

My greatest fear is that the audience will beat me to the punch line.

My greatest fear is feeling like a professional novelist. Somebody who creates characters who sits down and has pieces of paper taped to the wall - what's going to happen in this scene or this act. What I like is for it to be a much more scary sloppy reflection of who I am.

There is no greater hell than to be a prisoner of fear.