“I didn’t want to scare you. We don’t want to scare anyone.”
“No? Well, sometimes it’s a good thing to scare people. Sometimes fear is all that will keep them from doing stupid things.”
Part II “Phoenix” chapter 15 (p. 381)
Adulthood Rites (1988)
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On a Zane Lowe interview, 2014. source https://youtube.com/watch?v=9pF7bS_4JnE

“Stay true to what scares you. If you don’t respect that, you can’t scare anyone.”
‘It’ Director on Tackling Two R-Rated Movies and Why He Picked Bill Skarsgard for Pennywise http://variety.com/2017/film/news/it-director-andres-muschietti-two-movies-bill-skarsgard-1202499038/ (July 19, 2017)

“Nervous means you want to play. Scared means you don't want to play.”
Source: The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian

“Oh, the things we invent when we are scared
and want to be rescued.”
Source: Crush

On 8 March 2018, concerning the Ingonyama Trust which administers 2.8-million hectares of land on behalf of the king, who is its sole trustee, https://www.timeslive.co.za/news/south-africa/2018-03-01-kzn-premier-backs-zulu-king-on-land-debate/ as quoted by Eric Naki in Juju lays into Zulu King Zwelithini https://citizen.co.za/news/south-africa/1850043/juju-lays-into-zulu-king-zwelithini/, The Citizen (8 March 2018). See also: Malema takes aim at Zulu king over land: 'There are no holy cows' https://www.timeslive.co.za/politics/2018-03-09-malema-takes-aim-at-zulu-king/, TimesLive (9 March 2018)

“I'm not scared of dying, I just don't want to.
If I stop lying, I'll just disappoint you.”
Come Undone
Escapology (2002)