Many pedestrians have been maimed or killed at the intersection of Resistance and Commerce.

When a novelist or screenwriter is looking for a subject, the element he's seeking is conflict. Conflict makes drama. Conflict produces great characters and memorable scenes. So war is a natural topic.

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.

The Principle of Priority states (a) you must know the difference between what is urgent and what is important, and (b) you must do what’s important first.

To feel ambition and to act upon it is to embrace the unique calling of our souls.

Fear doesn't go away. The warrior and the artist live by the same code of necessity, which dictates that the battle must be fought anew every day.

But nothing really clicked for me until I gave up completely on hitting the overlap and just did what I loved, even when I thought nobody else in the world would be interested.