One can not love without opening oneself, and opening oneself, that's taking the risk of suffering. One does not have control.
You must take the risk to disclose yourself in order to become more real, more human. And even if the price is high.
The only risk of failure is promotion.
If a jerk burns the flag, America is not threatened, democracy is not under siege, freedom is not at risk.
It's risky in a marriage for a man to come home too late, but it can sometimes pose an even greater risk if he comes home too early.
I do have a small collection of traditional SF ideas which I've never been able to sell. I'm known as a fantasy writer and neither my agent nor my editors want to risk my brand by jumping genre.