Steven Pressfield
Steven Pressfield
Steven Pressfieldis an American author, of historical fiction and non-fiction, and screenplays...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionAuthor
CountryUnited States of America
father three littles
One thing I've found in any project is almost universally about three quarters of the way through - or maybe a little father, maybe seventh eighths on the way through - any project will explode.
warrior may selflessness
Courage is inseparable from love and leads to what may arguably be the noblest of all warrior virtues: selflessness.
art love-is reason
To labor in the arts for any reason other than love is prostitution.
dumb stubborn quitting
Be too dumb to quit and too stubborn to back off.
passion guy gold
I love memoirs, particularly obscure ones because the writer is usually a regular guy just telling what happened to him and to his friends. What these tales lack in artfulness they make up for in passion and authenticity. For a writer of fiction, they are solid gold. I have stolen so much from memoirs it's ridiculous.
believe ambition unique
Ambition, I have come to believe, is the most primal and sacred and fundament of our being. To feel ambition and to act upon it is to embrace the unique calling of our souls. Not to act upon that ambition is to turn our backs on ourselves and on the reason for our existence.
horse should smarter
A cavalryman's horse should be smarter than he is. But the horse must never be alowed to know this.
inspiration artist example
The best and only thing that one artist can do for another is to serve as an example and an inspiration.
artist faces demon
Every artist has to face his own demons and evolve his own method of working.
self long-ago mastery
Socrates demonstrated long ago, that the truly free individual is free only to the extent of his own self-mastery.
patience stars careers
The professional arms himself with patience, not only to give the stars time to align in his career, but to keep himself from flaming out in each individual work.
life two resistance
Most of us have two lives. The life we live, and the unlived life within us. Between the two stands Resistance.
writing thinking internet-access
Right now with blogs and the flood of internet access, a multitude of aspiring writers think they're ready for prime time. They're not. Be great. Read. Write. Bust your ass. Learn and find your voice. As hard as you think it is, it's a hundred times harder.
art love-you accomplishment
The more you love your art/ calling/ enterprise, the more important its accomplishment to the evolution of your soul, the more you will fear it and the more Resistance you will experience facing it.