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 sit… - Steven Pressfield

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.

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

If tomorrow morning by some stroke of magic every dazed and benighted soul woke up with the power to take the first step toward pursuing his or her dreams, every shrink in the directory would be out of business.

I approve of all you say, gentlemen. The fleet's needs are many and urgent. One, however, must take precedence. This item the men need before all, and we must get it for them without fail and without deferral. We must get the men a victory.