Follow the Fear
Del Close's maxim that the strongest choice is usually the one that scares you most — fear as a diagnostic for truth.
Known for
- Close reportedly painted 'Follow the Fear' on a wall at the Committee Theater in San Francisco.
- Close: 'You can use your fear as a kind of divining rod. Do what makes you uneasy. Do the thing that scares you most.'
- Influential beyond improv — cited in writing, entrepreneurship, and therapeutic contexts.
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