They say, 'Write what you know.' What I know isn't…

For a writer, they say write what you know. As a performer, you find it in yourself, in your heart. You relate to the…

— Uma Thurman

“Forget what they say about “write what you know.” Write what excites your imagination, and the knowledge you need can be acquired. And if…

— Charles Kowalski

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 grew up in a working-class family, so I guess you could say I write from what I know.

— Andrea Arnold

The old adage is, 'Write what you know.' But if you only do that, your work becomes claustrophobic. I say, 'Write what you want…

— Julia Glass

“Fictional characters soon take on a life of their own. They run with the bit between their teeth.”

— Jay Parini

These people are headstrong and if they feel the curb loosed but one link they will with bit in the teeth in one month…

— Humphrey Gilbert

“A little bit of teeth is a good thing.”

— Shayne McClendon

Everything that individuals ever say or write can be used against them at a later point.

— Paul Achleitner

I always say I write because I have questions, not because I have answers. It's true that you begin the conversation - that's the…

— Jacqueline Woodson

When people say "How do you write a book, how does it all happen?" I say, you line things up, and you line them…

— Terry Pratchett

Do not do what someone else could do as well as you. Do not say, do not write what someone else could say, could…

— Andre Gide

Chance has something to say, even how to write a good letter.

— Baltasar Gracian

To say, "Well, I write when I really get into it" is a bunch of bull. Put the paper in the typewriter, stare at…

— Erma Bombeck

Some writers say they cannot write in front of a window; many say they cannot function without almost perfect quiet. A writer with only…

— Gene Wolfe