Confronting Anxiety Quotes

Always question your fear, Anh. there's almost never a good reason to be scared.

To hell with pleasure that's haunted by fear.

Let’s talk, you and I. Let’s talk about fear. The house is empty as I write this; a cold February rain is falling outside. It’s night. Sometimes when the wind blows the way it’s blowing now, we lose the power. But for now it’s on, and so let’s talk very honestly about fear. Let’s talk very rationally about moving to the rim of madnessand... and perhaps over the edge.

I believe in tackling things you're afraid of.

I have always staged my fears as a way to transcend them.

It is better to suffer once than to be in perpetual apprehension.

There's something great about all your worst fears coming true and being said about you. There's a tremendous liberation on some level.

It is not a matter of being fearless. The fear is sometimes constant, but it's about moving forward regardless of the fear. Courage means feeling the fear and doing it anyway.

Courage is feeling the fear and doing it anyway.

I ignore my fear. When I make decisions, I pretend it doesn't exist.

I have to face the fear. I have to take control of the situation and find a way to make it less frightening.

Fear is a ghost; embrace your fear, and all you’ll see in your arms is yourself.

The only way to get rid of my fears is to make films about them.

I swallowed the fear. It’s always there– fear– and if you don’t stay on top of it, you’ll drown. I swallowed again and stood tall, shoulders broad, arms loose. I was balanced, ready to move. My body said, “Yeah, you’re bigger and stronger, but if you touch this, I will hurt you.

Life is populated with scarecrows—all those people and things that seem so scary and trouble our sleep. Isn't it nice to know that most of them turn out to be made of nothing but straw?

What developed in my early days was the attitude to start attacking the thing I was scared of