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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.
Steven Pressfield
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Steven Pressfield
Age: 81
Born: 1943
Born: September 1
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The last element in drama is high stakes. War, of course, is life and death - survival, not only for the story's characters, but often for the society itself. That's why I'm drawn to stories that are built around wars, even if they're not technically war stories.
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Persian envoy our arrows will black out the sun... Dienekes of the Spartans..Good, then we'll fight in the shade.
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If you find yourself asking yourself (and your friends), Am I really a writer? Am I really an artist? chances are you are. The counterfeit innovator is wildly self-confident. The real one is scared to death.
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It is a commonplace among artists and children at play that they're not aware of time or solitude while they're chasing their vision. The hours fly. The sculptress and the tree-climbing tyke both look up blinking when Mom calls, 'Suppertime!'
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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.
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Be too dumb to quit and too stubborn to back off.
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