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Steven Pressfield, born in 1943, is a renowned author known for his historical and war novels. His works are highly appreciated for their deep historical insights and vivid depiction of war scenes.

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Famous Steven Pressfield Quotes

“Our job in this life is not to shape ourselves into some ideal we imagine we ought to be, but to find out who we already are and become it.”

Writing Inspiration Creativity Sociology Creative Thinking

Book:The War of Art: Break Through the Blocks and Win Your Inner Creative Battles

Source: The War of Art: Break Through the Blocks and Win Your Inner Creative Battles

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

Thinking Writing Reader Metaphor Editors

Author:Steven Pressfield

“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.”

Writing Prove Ancient Great Things Oxford Cambridge Athenians

Author:Steven Pressfield

“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.”

Thinking Writing Hard Voice Ready Internet Right Now Hundred Harder Access Ass Prime Flood Multitudes Blogs Aspiring Writers Prime Time Internet Access

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

Writing Artist Genius Paint

Book:The War of Art: Break Through the Blocks and Win Your Inner Creative Battles

Source: The War of Art: Break Through the Blocks and Win Your Inner Creative Battles

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

Writing Tomorrow Symphony

Book:The War of Art: Break Through the Blocks and Win Your Inner Creative Battles

Source: The War of Art: Break Through the Blocks and Win Your Inner Creative Battles

“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.”

Ifs Writing Inspiration Morning Strikes Nine Clock Every Morning Schedules

Book:The War of Art: Break Through the Blocks and Win Your Inner Creative Battles

Source: The War of Art: Break Through the Blocks and Win Your Inner Creative Battles

“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.”

Writing Said Today Next Morning Finished Coffee The Next One

Book:The War of Art: Break Through the Blocks and Win Your Inner Creative Battles

Source: The War of Art: Break Through the Blocks and Win Your Inner Creative Battles

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

Writing Trying Art Important Matter Positive Thinking Art Is Sitting Important Things Sitting Down

Book:The War of Art: Break Through the Blocks and Win Your Inner Creative Battles

Source: The War of Art: Break Through the Blocks and Win Your Inner Creative Battles

“If you were meant to cure cancer or write a symphony or crack cold fusion and you don't do it, you not only hurt yourself, even destroy yourself. You hurt your children. You hurt me. You hurt the planet.”

Ifs Writing Children Hurt Planets Cold Our Children Cancer Cures Your Children Cracks Symphony Hurt Me Fusion You Hurt Me

Book:The War of Art: Break Through the Blocks and Win Your Inner Creative Battles

Source: The War of Art: Break Through the Blocks and Win Your Inner Creative Battles

“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.”

Knows Writing Real Hard Secret Sitting Resistance Sitting Down Wannabes

Author:Steven Pressfield

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

Writing Hard Sitting Sitting Down

Book:The War of Art: Break Through the Blocks and Win Your Inner Creative Battles

Source: The War of Art: Break Through the Blocks and Win Your Inner Creative Battles

“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.”

Knows Writing Persons Might Night Vision Late Entrepreneur Paint Accomplish Resistance Painter Meant To Be Venture Were Meant To Be

Book:The War of Art: Break Through the Blocks and Win Your Inner Creative Battles

Source: The War of Art: Break Through the Blocks and Win Your Inner Creative Battles

“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.”

Thinking Writing Trying Doe Levels Reader Asking Metaphor Deeper Editors

Author:Steven Pressfield

About the Author

Born: 1943
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Quotes: 252

Books & Sources

The War of Art: Break Through the Blocks and Win Your Inner Creative BattlesRelated source material

Do the Work!: Overcome Resistance and get ouf of your own wayRelated source material

Gates Of FireRelated source material

The War Of ArtRelated source material

Turning Pro: Tap Your Inner Power and Create Your Life's WorkRelated source material

Gates of Fire: An Epic Novel of the Battle of ThermopylaeRelated source material

The Virtues of War: A Novel of Alexander the GreatRelated source material

The Warrior EthosRelated source material

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