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When I sit at that typewriter, I have to be frightened of what I'm trying to do. I'm frightened by my own belief that I can actually get a story down on paper.

— Barry Lopez

Sentiment: NEGATIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

It takes a lot of adrenaline and fear to make me actually write.

— Maureen Dowd

As a writer, you have to believe you're one of the best writers in the world. To sit down every day at the typewriter filled with self-doubt is not a good idea.

— Jo Nesbo

I am a dangerous man when turned loose with a typewriter.

— Charles Bukowski

Writing is inherently scary.

— Jonathan Galassi

I like writing a lot more than I used to. I used to find it scary but now I've got used to it once it gets going. I used to find it hard to start. Fear of the blank page. The first thing you write down won't bear any relation to what's in your head and that's always disappointing.

— Victoria Wood

I just sit at a typewriter and curse a bit.

— P. G. Wodehouse

You know, sometimes I get moments of inspiration when I'm writing something and then the task seems so daunting that it just kind of scares me away.

— Adam Pascal

Once you start writing something obsessively, it's almost like someone has to rip it from your hands in order for you to put it down.

— Mike Birbiglia

Sometimes I think my writing sounds like I walked out of the room and left the typewriter running.

— Gene Fowler

✗Opposing Perspectives

I don't have the fear I won't be able to think of something else to write. It's what I do.

— Bonnie Hunt