The best advice is not to write what you know, it's to…

“The best advice is not to write what you know, it’s to write what you like. Write the kind of story you like best—write…

— Austin Kleon

“The best advice is not to write what you know, it's to write what you like. Write the kind of story you like best-…

— Austin Kleon

The best advice is not to write what you know, it’s to write what you like. Write the kind of story you like best—write…

— Austin Kleon

I disagree with the advice of 'write about what you know.' Write about what you need to know, in an effort to understand.

— Donald Windham

“Nothing is sillier than the creative writing teacher's dictum "Write about what you know." But whether you're writing about people or dragons, your personal…

— John Gardner

“My best advice is to first write for yourself and stay in your story and just pour all of your good stuff and bad…

— Jenny Han

The best advice on writing was given to me by my first editor, Michael Korda, of Simon and Schuster, while writing my first book.…

— Dominick Dunne

People say to write about what you know. I'm here to tell you, no one wants to read that, cos you don't know anything.…

— Toni Morrison

I write about what I know; and I write about things that are new to me, and that I didn't know before.

— Colum McCann

“You can’t always write what you know—not exactly what you know. You can, however, write what you see.”

— Brandon Sanderson

The best thing to do is to write about what you know, and if you write about what you know you can always pull…

— Ice Cube

We don't write what we know. We write what we wonder about.

— Richard Peck

Write what you know. Write what you want to know more about. Write what you're afraid to write about.

— Cecil Murphey

To know whom to write for is to know how to write.

— Virginia Woolf

“To be a great Writer, Write what you know & Write what other writers wouldn't write about.”

— Maryann Gestwicki