Sarah J. Maas Quotes

I remember all the stages in my career where I almost didn't have enough confidence to try for something, almost didn't have the guts to follow something I was excited about doing, because I didn't know anyone else who'd done it, or other people made me question it.

I never had the chutzpah to just come to L.A. and make it. I didn't have that confidence. I'm always surprised when I get a job.

Whatever it is you're scared of doing, Do it.

I think to be courageous, you have to be afraid. For me, it feels very courageous when I go skiing because I'm very, very afraid to ski. It's dangerous! I feel very scared. But when I'm acting, I don't feel very scared.

When you are new to the business, you think if you give a really bad performance, that's one they will print. You will be judged. You just have to be brave.

I tend to do things that I'm very frightened of. That's what I do.

I was always extremely determined, but I was also quite timid.

The idea of taking command of your life and doing something that you're not sure if you can do and you're not really sure if you should do it, I think is pretty timeless. We all face those doubts often, if not constantly.

I had to ask myself if the reason I had never asked to direct before was because I really didn't want to, or because I didn't think I deserved a spot at the table.

I think it takes a lot to put oneself in a place where, you know, that thing about "Feel the fear and do it anyway." You wonder what the driving force is that makes you want to do that and not just stay in a safer place.

Fear is a part of everything you do ... You have to take great risks to get big rewards.

But I didn’t dare. That has always been my trouble. I’ve never dared enough.

The comfort zone is the great enemy of courage and confidence.

Long have you timidly waded Holding a plank by the shore, Now I will you to be a bold swimmer, To jump off in the midst of the sea, Rise again, nod to me, shout, And laughingly dash with your hair.

It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us.

You need a certain amount of nerve to be a writer, an almost physical nerve, the kind you need to walk a log across a river.

Do what you're afraid to do.

Fear is an inhibitor that has kept more people from fulfilling their destiny than any other one emotion.

The most important thing is to DARE.

There is no magic method of beginning... Take hold of your nerves, and jump.

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

When I was younger, I used to write to directors when I was unsure I could play a role. I'd say: 'You've made a terrible mistake.'

Action conquers fear.

If you don't go towards the thing you fear, you won't be able to say you lived.

My advice is don't keep asking yourself if you can do something. Just get out there and do it. You can really surprise yourself.