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

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 Spartans say that any army may win while it still has legs under it; the real test comes when all strength is fled and the men must produce victory on will alone.

What finally convinced me to go ahead was simply that I was so unhappy not going ahead.

Fame Imperishable and glory that will never die -- that is what we march for!

No matter how great a writer, artist, or entrepreneur, he is a mortal, he is fallible. He is not proof against Resistance. He will drop the ball; he will crash. That’s why they call it rewriting.

The amateur tweets. The pro works.