Quotes by : Steven Pressfield

A horse must be a bit mad to be a good cavalry mount, and its rider must be completely so.

The professional arms himself with patience, not only to give the stars time to align in his career,....

. . . None of us are born as passive generic blobs waiting for the world to stamp its imprint on us.....

The awakening an artist must be ruthless, not only with herself but with others.

To labor in the arts for any reason other than love is prostitution.

The professional learns to recognize envy-driven criticism and to take it for what it is: the supreme....

The hack is like a politician who consults the polls before he takes a position. He's a demagogue. He....

Fear is good. Like self-doubt, fear is an indicator. Fear tells us what we have to do. Remember our rule....

We fear discovering that we are more than we think we are. More than our parents/children/teachers think....

The artist committing himself to his calling has volunteered for hell, whether he knows it or not. He....