About Quote by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

I think you have an obligation to share what you know as a writer.

— David Guterson

I write about my life and my own experience, but I also write about things that I have no knowledge of whatsoever.

— Reeve Carney

Really, as a writer, I believe that if you're going to write about your own life, you need to do it as honestly and…

— John Grogan

Even when it comes to writing fiction, how do you encompass all this stuff that's right on the tip of your tongue? You have…

— Paul Beatty

I write fiction. I make things up, it's what I do.

— Michael Morpurgo

I use my fiction to explore my own unconscious issues. I usually don't even know what's going on with me until I'm writing. That…

— Janet Fitch

The old handbook on writing is 'Write what you know.' I come from an autobiographical starting place almost all of the time, but it…

— Rodney Crowell

That's the wonderful thing about writing, you can take things you haven't done properly in your own life and make it better in fiction.

— Marcy Dermansky

I write because I have authority from life to do so.

— Bessie Head

Don't outline your stories. A lot of fiction workshops say you should. I say the opposite. I quote Grace Paley: "We write what we…

— Andre Dubus

Thus, in a real sense, I am constantly writing autobiography, but I have to turn it into fiction in order to give it credibility.

— Katherine Paterson

I think I write fiction for the opportunity to get beyond the limits of my own life.

— Wally Lamb