The most important thing about art is to work. Nothing else matters except sitting down every day and trying. Steven Pressfield, The War of Art: Winning the Inner Creative Battle

This is the other secret that real artists know and wannabe writers don’t. When we sit down each day and do our work, power concentrates around us. The Muse takes note of our dedication. She approves. We have earned favor in her sight. When we sit down and work, we become like a magnetized rod that attracts iron filings. Ideas come. Insights accrete.

― Steven Pressfield, The War of Art: Winning the Inner Creative Battle