I have spent a good many years since―too many, I think―being ashamed about what I write. I think I was forty before I realized that almost every writer of fiction or poetry who has ever published a line has been accused by someone of wasting his or her God-given talent. If you write (or paint or dance or sculpt or sing, I suppose), someone will try to make you feel lousy about it, that's all. Stephen King
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This quote brings to light the fears and shame we often fearfully hold towards ourselves, especially when we are not expressing ourselves in a way that others expect of us. We fear people will think less of us if we do not write or sing or dance or sculpt or sing or paint or dance or sculpt or write the way they want us to. This is what most people fear. They are afraid that if they do not meet others' expectations, they will be made to feel ashamed. But, the most important part of this quote is the fact that people often waste their God-given talent by trying to meet other's expectations instead of following their own passion.

Source: On Writing: A Memoir Of The Craft

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