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I am not afraid of the pen, or the scaffold, or the sword.

I'm not afraid of anything.

I'm not afraid of anything. That's just the way I am.

The pen is mightier than the sword.

I am not scared of anyone. I will write and publish my books.

I wear my Pen as others do their Sword.

What I am afraid of is the first thing I was ever aware of being afraid of and what I have told my daughter countless times she need not fear: being alone in the dark. It is a small prison of emotion from which there is no escape. It is also, in its own way, a shattering revelation.

I don't think I'm afraid of anything.

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.

I sometimes have a horrible fear of turning up a canvas of mine. I'm always afraid of finding a monster in place of the precious jewels I thought I had put there!