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A writer writes with his genius an artist paints with hers everyone who creates operates from this sacramental center.
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Steven Pressfield
Age: 81
Born: 1943
Born: September 1
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Put your ass where your heart wants to be.
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The opposite of fear is love - love of the challenge, love of the work, the pure joyous passion to take a shot at our dream and see if we can pull it off.
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When a novelist or screenwriter is looking for a subject, the element he's seeking is conflict. Conflict makes drama. Conflict produces great characters and memorable scenes. So war is a natural topic.
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The professional loves her work. She is invested in it wholeheartedly. But she does not forget that the work is not her.
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Slay that dragon once, and he will never have power over you again.
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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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The most pernicious aspect of procrastination is that it can become a habit. We don't just put off our lives today we put them off till our deathbed.
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We show up. We do our best. Good things happen.
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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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Do you love your idea? Does it feel right on instinct? Are you willing to bleed for it?
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To feel ambition and to act upon it is to embrace the unique calling of our souls.
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The critic hates most that which he would have done himself if he had had the guts.
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Stay stupid. Follow your unconventional crazy heart.
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If we were born to overthrow the order of ignorance and injustice of the world, it’s our job to realize it and get down to business.
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Fear doesn't go away. The battle must be fought anew every day.
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Playing the game for money produces the proper professional attitude. It inculcates the lunch-pail state of mind that shows up for work despite rain or snow or dark of night and slugs it out day after day.
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I am going to write my symphony I'm just going to start tomorrow.
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The sign of the amateur is overglorification of and preoccupation with the mystery. The professional shuts up. She doesn't talk about it. She does her work.
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Resistance really takes the shape, for me, in voices in my head telling me why I can't do something or why I should put it off for another day, procrastinate for another day.
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