There are things to be frightened of. But what you have to do is put that fear into a little box and put it in the corner of the room and then you can have your day.
Sir Salman Rushdie – Indian-born British author (b. 1947), in an interview with Denis Scheck at the 75th Frankfurt book fair (“Frankfurter Buchmesse Spezial: Literaturgala”, 21. October 2023)