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I had no confidence in myself. I was a fraud. Who was I to pick up a pen and expect anything good to come from it? I expected perfection as soon as the pencil hit the paper, and since that's impossible, I couldn't get myself to start. Then I felt guilty about not starting which made me want to start even less.
I had no confidence in myself. I was a fraud. Who was I to pick up a pen and expect anything good to come from it? I expected perfection as soon as the pencil hit the paper, and since that's impossible, I couldn't get myself to start. Then I felt guilty about not starting which made me want to start even less.
Approximate author period: c. 2001 AD · contemporary
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- Felicia Day
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- Approximate author period: c. 2001 AD · contemporary
Approximate period for the recorded attribution to Felicia Day, based on documented activity in 2001. Source: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q234314 (checked 2026-10-08). This is not a quotation composition date or independent authentication of its attribution. Source: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q234314 (accessed 2026-10-08).
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