Judith Viorst Quotes

There are moments in 'Body Snatchers' that touch the sort of thing that I find scary... like isolation and the inability to trust even familiar things. But - is that a horror movie - or a thriller? I don't really know the difference.

When he's late for dinner, I know he's either having an affair or is lying dead in the street. I always hope it's the street.

Horror of any kind is dependent on a certain amount of insecurity and paranoia from the audience. And it feeds on that and works on that.

While there's life, there's fear.

To me, horror is when I see somebody lying. I mean a person I know. A friend. And he's telling me something that I accept. And then suddenly, as he or she is telling it, there's something that gives them away. They're not telling me the truth.

I'm scared of the unknown future.

Fear of the future is worse than one's present fortune.

The unknown is always frightening.

It seems like the more you grow up the more you fear things.

Dangers bring fears, and fears more dangers bring.

There's so much to be afraid of.

I fear the future.

Americans have discovered fear.

When there is nothing to fear is the time to begin fearing everything.

I'm scared of a lot of things.

The terrorist threat is so cloudy, faceless, and vague, so manipulable by political purposes, so definitely present but indefinitely manifested, that it sometimes feels interchangeable with everyday dread itself.

Fear makes us feel our humanity.

The worst sorrows in life are not in its losses and misfortunes, but its fears.

It's fear of being afraid that frightens me more than anything else.

It's hard to care deeply for something that might turn on you and eat you.

I think fear of the unknown is the scariest thing.

People are afraid of everything.

I will show you fear in a handful of dust.

Fear has many faces.

The unknown is very scary.