Bad books on writing tell you to "WRITE WHAT YOU KNOW", a…

“Hemingway, whenever he was stuck in his writing, would tell himself to write one true thing. A true sentence. Then, he would write another.…

— Kamal Ravikant

“People tell you to write what you know, but I've found that writing what you know is much harder than making it up. It's…

— Jo Walton

It’s not just the adage ‘write what you know,’ it’s about gathering up all of the knowledge and experience you’ve collected up to now…

— Sarah Kay

That adage about 'Write what you know' is basically the opposite of the way I function. I write about what I'm curious to find…

— Jennifer Egan

When I teach writing, I always tell my students you should assume that the audience you're writing for is smarter than you. You can't…

— Tony Kushner

When I used to teach creative writing, I would tell the students to make their characters want something right away - even if it's…

— Kurt Vonnegut

The worst advice a young writer can get is "Write what you know." Imagination is more important than experience.

— Joe Haldeman

“People ask me how to start writing. I tell them that 'Creating Creates Creativity'. Put your notes and outline aside. Start with one anecdote…

— Dick Sederquist

When I used to teach creative writing, I would tell the students to make their characters want something right away.

— Kurt Vonnegut

When I write I try as far as possible to forget I'm writing it at all. I tell it down onto the page, as…

— Michael Morpurgo

“I write for the love of writing, and to tell a story, nothing more, nothing less.”

— Ron Parham

I like the performing. And interviews, even. And the stuff that's not sitting in a room by yourself with empty paper. But I never…

— Randy Newman

I hate writing. I so intensely hate writing - I cannot tell you how much. The moment I am at the end of one…

— Slavoj Žižek

Kids think you just sit down and start writing. I always tell them you never do that.

— R. L. Stine

Don't 'write what you know.' Make up something new!

— Joe Haldeman