I’ll think, If this is his first punch, how are the others gonna feel? That’s the only fear I have for myself. less than 1 minute read
Loneliness is, I think, people’s biggest fear, whether they are conscious of it or not. less than 1 minute read
I had a fear of becoming anything, a fear of becoming a specialist. I might have become a doctor, but if you become a doctor, that’s your specialty in life and you are defined by it. One of the attractions of being a writer is that you’re never a specialist. Your field is entirely open your field is the entire human condition. less than 1 minute read
It is amazing how the public steadfastly refuse to attend the third day of a match when so often the last day produces the best and most exciting cricket. less than 1 minute read
I fear dying in the middle of a book. It would be so annoying to write 80,000 words and not get to the end. I’m phobic about it. So when I’m writing a book I leave messages all over the house for people to know how the story ends, and then someone can finish it for me. less than 1 minute read
We fear doing too little when we should do more. Then atone by doing too much, when perhaps we should do less. less than 1 minute read
My greatest fear is disappointing the reader, so each book has to be better than the one before. less than 1 minute read
Most people come to fear not death itself, but the many terrible ways of dying. less than 1 minute read
