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.

Remember our rule of thumb: The more scared we are of a work or calling, the more sure we can be that we have to do it.

The amateur allows his worth and identity to be defined by others. The amateur craves third-party validation. The amateur is tyrannized by his imagined conception of what is expected of him. He is imprisoned by what he believes he ought to think, how he ought to look, what he ought to do, and who he ought to be.

The professional loves it so much he dedicates his life to it. He commits full-time. That's what I mean when I say turning pro. Resistance hates it when we turn pro.