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Long before I was a writer, when I was just a haphazard reader and a dreamer of stories, I learnt about an influential book by Harold Bloom. 'The Anxiety of Influence', published in 1973 when I was five years old, is taken up with the terrifying influence of poets on each other.

~Andrew O'Hagan

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I don't believe in the meteoric culture of anxiety, generally. Obviously, some people have it, some people are crippled by it, but most of the novelists I've ever known are in love with influence. They thrive on it.

~Andrew O'Hagan

Topics: Anxiety Believe Crippled Culture Ever Generally Influence Known Love Most Novelists Obviously People Some Some People Thrive

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Some people think of the '50s as a time of innocence, but they are misremembering it or reinventing it: if you look at the papers of the time, they are filled with dread and anxiety.

~Andrew Sean Greer

Topics: Anxiety Dread Filled Innocence Look Papers People Reinventing Some Some People Think Time You

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The anxiety phase of my first depression lasted six months. It was incredibly paralyzing.

~Andrew Solomon

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Anxiety is the beginning of conscience, which is the parent of the soul but is not compatible with innocence.

~Angela Carter

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Poverty is more than a material experience; it's a psychological state as well, one that is infused with anxiety. And decision-making is very complex because every decision you make has an impact on your future and survival.

~Ann Cotton

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I got a lot of things that society had promised would make me whole and fulfilled - all the things that the culture tells you from preschool on will quiet the throbbing anxiety inside you - stature, the respect of colleagues, maybe even a kind of low-grade fame.

~Anne Lamott

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In all of my looking at happiness, one thing I noticed right away is that the opposite of happiness isn't unhappiness or even depression, it's anxiety. It is something that can constantly block our happiness, or our chance to reach that sort of meditative state in our work or our home lives.

~Ariel Gore

Topics: Anxiety Away Block Chance Constantly Depression Even Happiness Home Lives Looking Noticed One Thing Opposite Our Reach Right Right Away Something Sort State Thing Unhappiness Work

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I have my dark side like anybody, you know, depression, anxiety... and I write about gritty, real-life stuff.

~Art Alexakis

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Depression and anxiety can't fit in your head if you're cultivating feelings of joy and inspiration.

~Austin Butler

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