Impossible Quote by Colum McCann

We do not write what we know; we write what we want to find out.

— Wallace Stegner

'Write what you know' works, but it's limiting. Write what fascinates you. Write what you can't stop thinking about.

— 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

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

— Grace Paley

We don't write what we know. We write what we wonder about.

— Richard Peck

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

We write about what we don't know about what we know.

— Grace Paley

I don't write about what I know: I write in order to find out what I know.

— Patricia Hampl

You can only really write about what you know about.

— John Singleton

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

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

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