I write about what I know, what I live, what I observe.

Nowadays it seems as though people sit down to write what they know is going to be a trilogy.

— Lois Lowry

You can only really write about what you know about.

— John Singleton

Write about what you know, that's what I say.

— Josh Widdicombe

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

“When I write to please everybody, it falls flat. When I write what I know, fearlessly, It won't please everybody, but it doesn't fall…

— Ronald P. Chavez

I'm trying to write something in which you know that it's all about sex but you never see any.

— David Hare

I feel as if my mission is to write, to see, to observe, and I feel lazy if I'm not reaching conclusions. I feel…

— Paul Theroux

I'd probably play games obsessively if I didn't write, although I admit I don't read novels partly because I don't enjoy it, not just…

— Karen Traviss

I don't agree with the sentiment 'write what you know.'... I think one should write what one doesn't know. The world is bigger and…

— Cynthia Ozick

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

— Maryann Gestwicki

“The old nut goes, 'Write what you know,' but often a writer is clearer about what he doesn't know and must learn about.”

— Susan Bell

“As someone else once said, "Write what you know". Well I know very little, so I write, and illustrate, Nonsense.”

— Paul H Tubb

Some writing courses will advise you to write what you know. I've always thought this is very odd advice ... because it means, for…

— Michael Scott

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

“three rules for writing as a spiritual practice: (1) Don’t write what you know; (2) Don’t write what you don’t know; and (3) Just…

— Rami Shapiro