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

Cousin, the days of gods and heroes are over." "Not to me. Not to them.

If we were born to overthrow the order of ignorance and injustice of the world, it’s our job to realize it and get down to business.

The great thing about writing about the ancient Spartans or Athenians is that so much knowledge is no longer extant that no one, except maybe a Cambridge or Oxford don, can call you out and prove you wrong.

We're wrong if we think we're the only ones struggling with Resistance. Everyone who has a body experiences Resistance.

One thing I've found in any project is almost universally about three quarters of the way through - or maybe a little father, maybe seventh eighths on the way through - any project will explode.

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