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

We feed it [Resistance] with power by our fear of it. Master that fear and we conquer Resistance.

Put your ass where your heart wants to be.

...she (the artist, the writer) doesn't wait for inspiration, she acts in the anticipation of its apparition.

Courage is inseparable from love and leads to what may arguably be the noblest of all warrior virtues: selflessness.

Late at night have you experienced a vision of the person you might become, the work you could accomplish, the realized being you were meant to be? Are you a writer who doesn't write, a painter who doesn't paint, an entrepreneur who never starts a venture? Then you know what Resistance is.

The professional conducts his business in the real world. Adversity, injustice, bad hops and rotten calls, even good breaks and lucky bounces all comprise the ground over which the campaign must be waged. The field is level, the professional understands, only in heaven.