Inspirational Quote by Brian Koppelman

Write what you know. Write what you don't know. But most of all, write what you'd rather not know.

— Sam Lipsyte

People say, write what you know, but it's really, write about what obsesses you. Write about what you're thinking about all the time.

— Meg Wolitzer

I disagree with the advice of 'write about what you know.' Write about what you need to know, in an effort to understand.

— Donald Windham

Don't write what you know. Write what you love. That's what will keep you writing.

— Chris Humphreys

Write from what you know into what you don't know.

— Grace Paley

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

Ultimately, you can only ever write what you know. It's logically and philosophically impossible to write what you don't know.

— Colum McCann

Write what you know. Write what you want to know more about. Write what you're afraid to write about.

— Cecil Murphey

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

“Stop writing what you know and start writing what you want to know.”

— Tiffany Reisz

The professorial dictum has always been to write what you know, but I say write what you don't know and find something out. And…

— T.C. Boyle

[Ernest ]Hemingway always said, "Write about what you know." I think you can do that, and if you want to write about what you…

— William T. Vollmann