Quotes by Steven Pressfield

About Steven Pressfield:

Steven Pressfield is an American author, of historical fiction and non-fiction, and screenplays.
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Stay stupid. Follow your unconventional, crazy heart.

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No matter how great a writer, artist, or entrepreneur, he is a mortal, he is fallible. He is not proof against Resistance. He will drop the ball; he will crash. That’s why they call it rewriting.

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The drawing is also a reminder that there’s an artist within each of us, and we must encourage that artist to do the work, to make something that matters, regardless of anything else that is going on.

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The song we’re composing already exists in potential. Our work is to find it.

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At least twice a week, I pause in the rush of work and have a meeting with myself. (If I were part of a team, I’d call a team meeting.) I ask myself, again, of the project: “What is this damn thing about?” Keep refining your understanding of th...

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A work-in-progress generates its own energy field. You, the artist or entrepreneur, are pouring love into the work; you are suffusing it with passion and intention and hope.

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Sweetest of all is liberty. This we have chosen and this we pay for. We have embraced the laws of Lykurgus, and they are stern laws. They have schooled us to scorn the life of leisure, which this rich land of ours would bestow upon us if we wished, a...

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You have never tasted freedom, friend," Dienekes spoke, "or you would know it is purchased not with gold, but steel.

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He who whets his steel, whets his courage

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War, not peace, produces virtue. War, not peace, purges vice. War, and preparation for war, call forth all that is noble and honorable in a man. It unites him with his brothers and binds them in selfless love, eradicating in the crucible of necessity...

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As powerful as is our soul's call, so potent are the forces of Resistance arrayed against it. We're not alone if we've been mowed down by Resistance; millions of good men and women have bitten the dust before us.

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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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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...

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When deliberating, think in campaigns and not battles; in wars and not campaigns; in ultimate conquest and not wars.

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Fame Imperishable and glory that will never die -- that is what we march for!

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A cavalryman's horse should be smarter than he is. But the horse must never be alowed to know this.

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

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Always attack. Even in defense, attack. The attacking arm possesses the initiative and thus commands the action. To attack makes men brave; to defend makes them timorous.

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This man has conquered the world! What have you done?" The philosopher replied without an instant's hesitation, "I have conquered the need to conquer the world.

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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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Author Bio

  • NameSteven Pressfield
  • DescriptionUnited States Marine
  • BornSeptember 1, 1943
  • CountryTrinidad And Tobago
  • ProfessionWriter; Screenwriter; Novelist