Hari Kunzru Quotes

There's absolutely nothing irrational about me; insane, yes, irrational, no. But my dumbest fear would be spinning in the magic tea cups. Who the hell wants to pay to spin around like a bent yoyo for laughs?

I get stage fright really bad sometimes, so touring has been hard on me in a lot of ways. But despite that, I love performing.

I had panic attacks during rehearsal. There were times when I really thought I wasn't going to be able to do it.

Having a phobia has changed me.

Vertigo is the conflict between the fear of falling and the desire to fall.

Fear is like a black cavern that is terrifying. Once you enter the cavern and explore it, you realize that you can get out of it, go through it and get out of it.

I can't handle rollercoasters. I have no control of it. It gets to me.

To be honest, I'm scared to death of rollercoaster rides.

Balconies scare me, and I would never do a shoot on one. I am afraid of heights.

I wouldn't say I have a lack of fear. In fact, I'd like my fear emotion to be less because it's very distracting and fries my nervous system.

Fear and I were old buddies, despite my best efforts to the contrary.

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.

Every day there's a lot of things I block out, because if I start visualising things, I tend to go completely insane. I've always had anxiety issues, and it can totally overwhelm me and suck me under if I'm not keeping focused. I just think and think until I have a panic attack, and then it dies down.

Generally speaking, the anxiety will pass, which is easy for me to say when I'm not in the middle of an anxiety attack. When you're in the throes of one, it's hard to feel anything other than utter misery and terror.

Practically everybody knows what it's like to feel anxious, worried, nervous, afraid, uptight, or panicky. Often, anxiety is just a nuisance, but sometimes it can cripple you and prevent you from doing what you really want with your life. But I have some great news for you: You can change the way you feel.

We all have our ways of handling fear and managing trying; jumping in or climbing down, a direct approach or a delay, joyful or miserable, a spirit of adventure, or God help me, get this thing over with.

I took a Fear of Flying class, and I always missed the class, because I was always flying.

I have stage fright every single concert I've ever done. I have at least four or five minutes of it. It's absolute living hell.

You cannot escape anxiety … but I have faith that you will rise above your fears.

I'm generally known as a happy person, but years ago, I suffered from panic and anxiety. I've learned to manage the fear and pain.

I learned, by the time I was twenty, I'm not gonna die from a panic attack; you feel like you're going to.

I think sometimes it's only by talking about what's really going on that you can make it less scary.

Terrible thing to live in fear. Brooks Hatlen knew it. Knew it all too well. All I want is to be back where things make sense. Where I won't have to be afraid all the time.

If you're afraid of something, you definitely have to try to tackle it.

Worry is a state of mind based upon fear. It works slowly, but persistently. It is insidious and subtle. Step by step it “digs itself in” until it paralyzes ones reasoning faculty, destroys self-confidence and initiative. Worry is a form of sustained fear caused by indecision therefore it is a state of mind which can be controlled.