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I was never afraid of anything in the world except the dentist.

I'd rather go to the dentist... but I'm going.

Trips to the dentist - I like to postpone that kind of thing.

There's not too many things I'm afraid of, but I'm not too brave when it comes to sitting in a chair getting my teeth drilled.

So in some ways my life, my background has been isolating and I think I'm a bit more scared as a person. I don't walk alone or in the dark. If I go out the driver will wait for me to go into the house.

I hate dentists. That's why my tooth fell out. I was in the middle of a root canal and wouldn't go back, so it just dropped out when I was in the middle of Fifth Avenue.

I think that for some time now I have been living with an anxiety which has had no tangible cause. It has been like having a toothache, without the conscientious dentist having been able to find anything wrong with the tooth or with the person as a whole.

I never worry about being driven to drink; I just worry about being driven home.

But I can also write in crappy motel rooms, while standing in line, or sitting in the dentist's chair.

I am sufficiently wary of dangerous situations, but I'm not scared of having a go.