542 Quotes by Steven Pressfield

There's a secret that real writers know that wannabe writers don't, and the secret is this: It's not the writing part that's hard. What's hard is sitting down to write. What keeps us from sitting down is Resistance.

No industry is immune and no occupation is safe. All of us need to begin to think in terms of our own inner strengths, our resilience and resourcefulness, our capacity to adapt and to rely upon ourselves and our families.

The highest treason a crab can commit is to make a leap for the rim of the bucket.

Traditional publishers will be dominant, and they should be because they really do assure quality. But eBooks, which are huge already, are going to eclipse everything. They will save traditional publishing the way DVDs saved movie studios (for a while) and they'll greatly expand the number of readers.

The amateur tweets. The pro works.

On the artist's journey we are redefining and reconfiguring ourselves and our lives.

I wrote in the 'War of Art' that I could divide my life neatly into two parts: before turning pro and after. After is better.

The professional tackles the project that will make him stretch. He takes on the assignment that will bear him into uncharted waters, compel him to explore unconscious parts of himself. Is he scared? Hell, yes. He's petrified.

We will have to choose between the life we want for our future and the life we have left behind.