Ahna O'Reilly
Ahna O'Reilly

I hate bananas so much, it verges on a phobia.

Alexandra Petri
Alexandra Petri

Every so often, when I am feeling plucky, I try to write a screenplay that combines all 10 of Americans' top phobias and market it as a sleeper hit.

Allison Tolman
Allison Tolman

I don't have any phobias per se, but both tight and vast spaces tend to make me nervous after a prolonged time.

Alvin Leung
Alvin Leung

I can't remember a dish my mother made that to me was pleasant. To this day I have a phobia of instant noodles.

Antonio Ermirio de Moraes
Antonio Ermirio de Moraes

One of those things I never exactly cared for was that phobia of appearing to be rich. To become rich is a natural thing, a result of your work, that which you've done.

Antonio Tabucchi
Antonio Tabucchi

Xenophobia manifests itself especially against civilizations and cultures that are weak because they lack economic resources, means of subsistence or land. So nomadic people are the first targets of this kind of aggression.

Catherine Oxenberg
Catherine Oxenberg

I do get in the water, but I was ruined by 'Jaws' 'cause I saw it when I was 13. Before that, I used to get in the water everywhere and never thought twice about it. After watching 'Jaws,' I was scared of the water. I have Steven Spielberg to thank for giving me another phobia.

Charlie Brooker
Charlie Brooker

I've got a phobia about throwing up.

Charlie Rowe
Charlie Rowe

Heights make my feet tingle; not sure if that is a phobia, but it isn't the greatest feeling.

Chelsea Handler
Chelsea Handler

Some people have a phobia of midgets. They're, like, scared of them. I have the opposite - I see them, and I want to hold them down, cuddle them, be like, 'Come here, you little nugget. Who's your mommy now?' So cute!