I think masculinity is bravado against the mystery of the universe of women. It’s just a fear of not knowing what women have that’s so powerful. It’s this shield they put up to try to get closer.
Greatness comes from fear. Fear can either shut us down and we go home, or we fight through it.
I think, however, that so long as our present economic and national systems continue, scientific research has little to fear.
Don’t fear anything for your letters, they are burnt one by one and I hope you do the same with mine.
I think interviews can be fine. It’s just there’s this terrible fear of coming off wrongly or saying something that gets taken out of context.
You don’t have to do everything by the time you’re 30. Or 40. All you need is a work ethic. It’s what allows you to push through moments of disappointment and self-doubt and fear.
There’s no love more intense than the love we have for our kids – and where there is intense love, there is also intense fear lurking beneath the surface.
People may believe that there can be a society where dissent is not permitted, but which is nonetheless not a fear society because everyone agrees with one another and therefore no one wants to dissent.
I have a ridiculous fear of sharks but I’d jump in the water in a second for an amazing role.
Will dissent be permitted? The answer to that question will determine whether the society is a free society or a fear society.