I'm not a gifted storyteller, so I write what I know and…

Anytime I hear songs that are so honest, whether they make the person who's singing it look good or not, there's a level of…

— Andy Grammer

I'm a storyteller; I write what I want to read.

— Jackie Collins

I was determined not to sit around and watch my life deteriorate. I kept reaching out in hope and honesty that someone would find…

— Charles Bradley

3 things in life that should never be lost: peace, hope, honesty.

— Anonymous

I write to tell stories. I believe that there a some professions in the world that will last forever: doctor or a nurse, teacher,…

— Eppu Nuotio

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

— David Hare

“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

“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

You can only really write about what you know about.

— John Singleton

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

— Lois Lowry

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

— Taylor Momsen

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

— Josh Widdicombe

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

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

— Paul H Tubb