Write what you know and be true to yourself.

To know what you know and what you do not know, that is true knowledge.

— Confucius

“Stick to what you know and always be true to yourself. If you do that, your writing will be true, also.”

— Ashley Chunell

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

— Lois Lowry

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

— Josh Widdicombe

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

— Taylor Momsen

You can only really write about what you know about.

— John Singleton

The first point of wisdom is to discern that which is false; the second, to know that which is true.

— Lactantius

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

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

— David Hare

“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

“Anything is possible if you're true to yourself.”

— Haresh Sippy

“It is hard to be true to yourself because it is hard to be yourself.”

— Jenny Hubbard

It's football. There's ups and downs. Just stay true to yourself, stay the course, work every week. It eventually turns over.

— Jordy Nelson

My lesson would be to not sell yourself to anybody else and stay true to yourself.

— Mike Portnoy

The best route is to stay humble and stay true to yourself.

— Rich the Kid