You always have this fear in a movie of just being somebody's woman.

Perhaps we do not need these religious concoctions to pillow the fear of death. Just the fact that there is an unknown, and something greater, can bring a feeling of peace. That is enough for me.

That might have a lot to do with it, but you know, I probably do not show fear, but I suffer from fear like everyone else.

Honest to God, all my life I have had such a fear of spiders. In fact, I use to have a reoccurring dream about one. Very clearly, it was black with a red head. It would sit up in the corner of the bedroom and when it started getting closer, I would wake up in a panic.

You have to have fear to take risks - and I want to at least try.

You live in this shadow that you are going to burn in Hell until you are saved. And I still worry about it a little. I do not believe in Heaven, but I do still fear Hell.

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 is a great big world to explore out there.

You can not operate a company by fear, because the way to eliminate fear is to avoid criticism. And the way to avoid criticism is to do nothing.

I always have the fear that, if I do not commit 100 percent to my work, then it is gonna suffer.

Going to parties usually makes me feel depressed, just because I have such social fear after meeting people.

I am completely in love with the world but also terrified of it. It creates some overwhelming feelings. Wanting to battle out that joy and fear is part of my music.

I do gone from being this art student messing about with music to this girl with a record deal, magazine front covers and all this hype. In many ways, it was everything I ever wanted, but when it happened all I felt was total, paralysing fear.

Why do people do things that they fear? It may be that the fear contains information. Something can be interesting if you get to the other side of that fear.

Fear and pain and suffering is not OK for any being to feel intentionally at the hands of us.

My fear is that, as soon as I get married and have kids that I will kind of do what a lot of people do and suddenly start making, Now I am gonna make films for kids. I really hope I do not do that.

Freedom is contagious. That is why despots fear it so much.

I began to fear that Mos Def was being treated as a product, not a person, so I have been going by Yasiin since 99. At first it was just for friends and family, but now I am declaring it openly.

I find writing very difficult. It is hard and it hurts sometimes, and it is scary because of the fear of failure and the very unpleasant feeling that you may have reached the limit of your abilities.

Respect and fear are two different things.

The thing about Republicans is that they do not care so much about respect, but they love fear, at least in others.