Ryan Holiday mentioned The War of Art by Steven Pressfield 8 times

My other favorite books is the Steven Pressfield's war of Art. My copy of this book is, you know, 10-12 and 13 years old now and it's filled with all sorts of different notations and, you know, things that I took from it.

— Ryan Holiday

There's a line in um one of Steven Pressfield's books I love. Have you ever read his stuff? [...] You would love uh the War of Art or he has this novel called Gates of Fire that's amazing

— Ryan Holiday

Some books I leaned on often throughout this were The War of Art by Steven Pressfield, Meditations by Marcus Aurelius, and A Calendar of Wisdom by Leo Tolstoy.

— Ryan Holiday

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The War of Art, I read this book more than once a year every time i'm starting a creative project.

— Ryan Holiday

The second book someone bought was Steven Pressfield's The War of Art. Somebody bought Atomic Habits. It was a real day, like we sold real books this is a pretty good selection man, like these are good books!

— Ryan Holiday

Have you read Steven Pressfield at all? [...] So you would love Steven Pressfield, he wrote a book called The War of Art which I think is like the best book about the sort of creative process ever written but he also he made a novel about it called the the Legend of Bagger Vance.

— Ryan Holiday

I'm not sure how anyone can be an artist or a creative and not have read this book. The Resistance is real and it is a bitch. Without @steven_pressfield, I would not be here today. https://t.co/ULK0WWi1go pic.twitter.com/44a8fpBKsf

— Ryan Holiday

Some of the books that have changed my life and had the most influence on me: The Power Broker by Robert Caro, 48 Laws of Power, The Black Swan, life is unpredictable. Chuck Palahniuk's Fight Club. Four Hour Work Week - Huge! 33 Strategies of War, obviously Robert Greene's Mastery. Pia Mellody, one of my favorite authors [Facing Codependence]. This biography of John D Rockefeller, maybe you remember it from The Obstacle is the way? This book by John Boyd [...] Malcolm X the autobiography, Great Gatsby, What Makes Sammy Run. A friend of mine recommended this biography William Lee Miller on President Lincoln. It was one of the books that changed his life. Had totally changed how I thought about leadership. The War of Art, Turning Pro - two favorites from Steven Pressfield. Haruki Murakami's book on running 'What I talk about when I talk about running'. Ellison's Invisible Man. Again another book from Pia Mellody [Facing Love Addiction]. Cheryl Strayed's Tiny Beautiful Things. Thích Nhất Hạnh's Taming the Tiger Within. The Brass Check - this book inspired the name of my marketing company and my book Trust Me I'm Lying. This is one of my copies of Meditations. Why Don't We Learn From History by BH Liddell Hart. Prescription For Adversity, a strange book biography of Ambrose Bierce that I like. Candide, interesting story I stole this from where I got married they had this on the shelf. I read it while I was waiting for my wife to get ready to get married and I thought hey I'm keeping this. [...] Second Mountain, this is a new addition to the shelf. Dr. Drew [The Mirror Effect] who introduced me to stoicism, Great! This is a cool book -Lincoln: the Biography of a Writer it's an analysis of Lincoln as if he was a writer. This book: Strategy by BH Liddell Hart influenced how I think about strategy.John Graves Hard Scrabble, influenced how I think about my farm. Fishing For Fun is a new book, I just read by Herbert Hoover about the philosophical benefits of fishing and yes Herbert Hoover, the president. Chesterfield's letters to his son [...] Seth Godin's the Dip, great book. Neil Postman's Amusing Ourselves To Death. Jane Jacobs also amazing. Daniel Boorstin, great. Death Be Not Proud, beautiful book. So these are some of the books, it's my life shelf. [...] Oh Austin Kleon's Steal Like An Artist, great! The Way To Love by Anthony De Mello.

— Ryan Holiday