There's a secret that real writers know that wannabe writers don't, and the secret is this: It's not … - Steven Pressfield

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I do miss things about Britain. I think there was a misconception, there definitely was, that I left because of bad press, and being pilloried. I left Britain because I fell in love with someone who lived in Switzerland - that was the main thing.

Steven Pressfield

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 sitting down to write. What keeps us from sitting down is Resistance.

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Are you paralyzed with fear? That’s a good sign. Fear is good. Like self-doubt, fear is an indicator. Fear tells us what we have to do. Remember one 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.

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Don't cheat the world of your contribution. Give it what you've got.

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Never forget: This very moment, we can change our lives. There never was a moment, and never will be, when we are without the power to alter our destiny.

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In the hierarchy, the artist faces outward. Meeting someone new he asks himself, What can this person do for me? How can this person advance my standing? In the hierarchy, the artist looks up and looks down. The one place he can't look is that place he must: within.

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Most of us have two lives. The life we live, and the unlived life within us. Between the two stands Resistance.

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