The last thing we want is to remain as we are.

I was keenly conscious of the comrades-in-arms who had fallen with me. A bond surpassing by a hundredfold that which I had known in life bound me to them. I felt a sense of inexpressible relief and realized that I had feared, more than death, separation from them. I apprehended that excruciating war survivor's torment, the sense of isolation and self-betrayal experienced by those who had elected to cling yet to breath when their comrades had let loose their grip.

The last thing we want is to remain as we are.

I am going to write my symphony; I'm just going to start tomorrow.

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

I wrote in the War of Art that I could divide my life neatly into two parts: before turning pro and after. After is better.

Turning pro is a mindset. If we are struggling with fear, self-sabotage, procrastination, self-doubt, etc., the problem is, we’re thinking like amateurs. Amateurs don’t show up. Amateurs crap out. Amateurs let adversity defeat them. The pro thinks differently. He shows up, he does his work, he keeps on truckin’, no matter what.