I do not believe that I should only write about what I…

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

— Maryann Gestwicki

“Screw write what you know, write what you dream and then do your research :) ~Pavarti K Tyler~”

— Anonymous

I don't write about what I know: I write in order to find out what I know.

— Patricia Hampl

“You don't write what you know you write to find out what you don't know”

— Patricia Hemphall

“Write what you know. Write what you can't forget. Write to give yourself courage and others hope.”

— Nikki Rosen

“Definitely. You cannot write about what you do not know, nor can you write for people you do not understand. You’ll need to know…

— Georgia Le Carre

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

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

— Austin Kleon

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

“Don't Write What You Know; Write What You Care About -- Passionately!!”

— Carol Hightshoe