Steven Pressfield
Steven Pressfield
Steven Pressfieldis an American author, of historical fiction and non-fiction, and screenplays...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionAuthor
CountryUnited States of America
inspiration artist waiting
...she (the artist, the writer) doesn't wait for inspiration, she acts in the anticipation of its apparition.
inspiration spheres grants
The professional is acutely aware of the intangibles that go into inspiration. Out of respect for them, she lets them work. She grants them their sphere while she concentrates on hers.
morning inspiration writing
Someone once asked Somerset Maughham if he wrote on a schedule or only when struck by inspiration. "I write only when inspiration strikes," he replied. "Fortunately it strikes every morning at nine o'clock sharp.
inspirational mma bulls
It’s better to be in the arena, getting stomped by the bull, than to be up in the stands or out in the parking lot.
inspirational work inspiration
Start before you’re ready.
inspiration artist example
The best and only thing that one artist can do for another is to serve as an example and an inspiration.
believe book inspiration
I believe in previous lives and the Muse—and that books and music exist before they are written and that they are propelled into material being by their own imperative to be born, via the offices of those willing servants of discipline, imagination and inspiration whom we call artists.
motivational inspiration waiting
The professional does not wait for inspiration; he acts in anticipation of it.
believe inspiration doors
The professional dedicates himself to mastering technique not because he believes technique is a substitute for inspiration but because he wants to be in possession of the full arsenal of skills when inspiration does come. The professional is sly. He knows that by toiling beside the front door of technique, he leaves room for genius to enter by the back.
closer knew
I knew I wanted to write novels, but I could not finish what I started. The closer I got, the more ways I'd find to screw it up.
asking commercial cowardice letter send surrender wishful
If you want to send a manuscript, send it to an agent. And send a letter first, asking permission. Launch it into the real world of cold-blooded commercial response, not into the fantasyland of wishful thinking, cowardice and surrender to Resistance.
art divide life pro turning war wrote
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.
answering born call less resistance stunts yield
The more important a call to action is to our soul's evolution, the more Resistance we will feel about answering it. But to yield to Resistance deforms our spirit. It stunts us and makes us less than we are and were born to be.
begin capacity inner ourselves rely terms
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.