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The most important thing about art is to work. Nothing else matters except sitting down every day and trying.

The most important thing about art is to work. Nothing else matters except sitting down every day and trying.

Steven Pressfield

Art, Writing, Positive Thinking

Steven Pressfield (2002). “The War of Art: Break Through the Blocks and Win Your Inner Creative Battles”, p.108, Black Irish Entertainment LLC

It’s not the writing part that’s hard. What’s hard is sitting down to write.

Steven Pressfield

Writing, Sitting Down, Sitting

Steven Pressfield (2002). “The War of Art: Break Through the Blocks and Win Your Inner Creative Battles”, p.19, Black Irish Entertainment LLC

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.

Steven Pressfield

Real, Writing, Secret

Late at night have you experienced a vision of the person you might become, the work you could accomplish, the realized being you were meant to be? Are you a writer who doesn't write, a painter who doesn't paint, an entrepreneur who never starts a venture? Then you know what Resistance is.

Steven Pressfield

Writing, Night, Entrepreneur

Steven Pressfield (2002). “The War of Art: Break Through the Blocks and Win Your Inner Creative Battles”, p.20, Black Irish Entertainment LLC

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.

Steven Pressfield

Morning, Inspiration, Writing

Steven Pressfield (2002). “The War of Art: Break Through the Blocks and Win Your Inner Creative Battles”, p.64, Black Irish Entertainment LLC

Writers think in metaphors. Editors work in metaphors. A great reader reads in metaphors.

Steven Pressfield

Writing, Thinking, Editors

Writers think in metaphors. Editors work in metaphors. A great reader reads in metaphors. All are continually asking, "What does this represent? What does it stand for?" They are trying to take everything one level deeper. When they get to that level, they will try to go deeper again.

Steven Pressfield

Writing, Thinking, Editors

A writer writes with his genius; an artist paints with hers; everyone who creates operates from this sacramental center.

Steven Pressfield

Writing, Artist, Genius

Steven Pressfield (2002). “The War of Art: Break Through the Blocks and Win Your Inner Creative Battles”, p.21, Black Irish Entertainment LLC

I am going to write my symphony; I'm just going to start tomorrow.

Steven Pressfield

Writing, Symphony, Tomorrow

Steven Pressfield (2002). “The War of Art: Break Through the Blocks and Win Your Inner Creative Battles”, p.21, Black Irish Entertainment LLC

Next morning I went over to Paul’s for coffee and told him I had finished. “Good for you,” he said without looking up. “Start the next one today.

Steven Pressfield

Morning, Coffee, Writing

Steven Pressfield (2002). “The War of Art: Break Through the Blocks and Win Your Inner Creative Battles”, p.112, Black Irish Entertainment LLC

The great thing about writing about the ancient Spartans or Athenians is that so much knowledge is no longer extant that no one, except maybe a Cambridge or Oxford don, can call you out and prove you wrong.

Steven Pressfield

Writing, Oxford, Ancient

Interview with Will Duquette, www.patheos.com. May 21, 2014.

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.

Steven Pressfield

Writing, Thinking, Voice

"10 Questions with Steven Pressfield, Author of The War of Art". Interview with Jeff Goins, goinswriter.com. May 11, 2011.