The professional loves her work. She is invested in it wholeheartedly. But she does not forget that the work is not her. - Steven Pressfield

To feel ambition and to act upon it is to embrace the unique calling of our souls. Not to act upon that ambition is to turn our backs on ourselves and on the reason for our existence.

Many artists are addicts, and vice versa. Many are artists in one breath and addicts in another. What's the difference? The addict is the amateur; the artist is the professional.

We must do our work for its own sake, not for fortune or attention or applause.