Steven Pressfield

American screenwriter and novelist (1943-) · Trinidad and Tobago · On the map · Writers

Steven Pressfield is an American author of historical fiction, nonfiction, and screenplays, including his 1995 novel The Legend of Bagger Vance and 2002 nonfiction book The War of Art.

Steven Pressfield is read about 141 times a day, in 21 languages.

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2011“In the end the American dream boils down to what? I'm getting mine and to hell with you.”In their wordsGeneral Salter, p. 306Read the whole statement

2008“One act I will never stand for is leaving our fellows behind. Bugger military protocol, or lofty notions of honour.”In their wordsMajor Mike Mallory, p. 60Read the whole statement

“The Mammoth we attacked was not Rommel's after all. [...] Rommel himself, we'll learn later, was not in that camp and never had been.”In their wordsRichmond Chapman, p. 177Read the whole statement

“You English are loath to embrace the virtues of the warrior. Such an act embarrasses you.”In their wordsOberleutnant Ehrlich, wounded German POW, p. 237Read the whole statement

2002“Both men were aware of the imperative held by all warrior races to serve honor before survival.”In their wordsMother Bones (Narrator) p. 10Read the whole statement

“A youth loathes nothing more than his own callowness. Experience is his object.”In their wordsDamon p. 91Read the whole statement

1943Born1 September 1943

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The greatest commanders never issue orders. Rather, they compel by their own acts and virtue the emulation of those they command. The great champions throw leadership back on you.
2011 · Gent, p. 2, Own words
Nothing relieves Irish despair.
2008 · Zachary Stein, p. 27, Own words
These are armed enemy, who have hastened to this site with one object only: to take the lives of my comanions and me. I must take theirs first. No truth could be plainer.
2008 · Richmond Chapman, p. 204, Own words