Gene Luen Yang Quotes

Many women do not want to venture out into the 'opinion world' until they are certain of themselves, the facts, and that they are right. They are afraid of being shot down. The result is often silence.

I have a fear of being boring.

My greatest fear is that the audience will beat me to the punch line.

The research phase was really fascinating - I'm not a closeted nerd, I'm an out-of-the-closet nerd.

People are afraid of failure - they don't like to work so hard and have people keep saying, 'No.' I think that's what people fear most.

I have big, big stage fright.

I'm never not nervous before going onstage. Like... what if I fall on my face?

I'm afraid to do theater now.

Writing an encyclopedia is hard. To do anywhere near a decent job, you have to know a great deal of information about an incredibly wide variety of subjects. Writing so much text is difficult, but doing all the background research seems impossible.

I definitely get stage fright.

Most writers are vulnerable and insecure, and Kay Graham was more so than most.

I worry a lot about what people think. I worry people think I'm not helping them enough, that they don't like my music, that I'm playing a song too fast or talking too fast. I worry my wife isn't happy with our relationship... I'm afraid somebody's going to take my career away from me. That it's going to go away, or I'm going to get fired.

Death's not one of those things that frighten the life out of me. Getting up on stage with the curtain going up frightens me more.

I read Popular Mechanics, Popular Science, Reader's Digest... I read some responsible journalism, and from that, I form my own opinions. I also happen to be intelligent, and I question everything.

Grant me the strength, time and opportunity always to correct what I have acquired, always to extend its domain; for knowledge is immense and the spirit of man can extend indefinitely to enrich itself daily with new requirements.

Public speaking is the number-one fear... even over death!

The biggest enemy of any actor is fear.

Auditions make me nervous; any time I have to perform, I get stage fright.

It's frightening to be facing an audience. There is always the fear of what they think of you, what they are saying about you.

I do not love performing. I get really scared.

I'm nervous before all shows.

We don't want people to be afraid of saying something interesting on the off chance it's taken the wrong way.

If someone feels afraid to tell you honest criticism, then you're never going to improve.

I don't know why, but I'm more intimidated by sharing my singing than just performing as an actress.

I was terrified about putting out 'Weekend.'