Not compared to being alone with a blank page and my Internal Critic. Or even a half-full page and my Internal Critic. Failure is not an option. By just saying that with intent, you give yourself the drive to keep going. Another way to look at it is even more heartening.
Writers are people who write.
Every day when I get up and put down even one word, then I am a writer. As long as you write, you cannot fail. You've removed that option from something you need worry about. And in the end, we all write because we love facing the terror as much as any adrenaline junkie. Leap into your imagination as the extreme sportsman might leap from a bridge.