Danger Quote by Dan Chaon

Not write what you know, but know what you write. If you write about a world before, after, or other than this one, enter…

— Steven Saylor

The best thing to do is to write about what you know, and if you write about what you know you can always pull…

— Ice Cube

The great thing about writing is, if you don't like the world, we'll create a different one.

— Richard Bach

People say to write about what you know. I'm here to tell you, no one wants to read that, cos you don't know anything.…

— Toni Morrison

I might spend 100 pages trying to get to know the world I'm writing about: its contours, who are my main characters, what are…

— Michael Chabon

Knowing what I'll write about and what I won't has never really been a problem. I won't write about things that bore me.

— Ree Drummond

Writing helps me create a different world that I can escape to.

— Ashwin Sanghi

Forget the boring old dictum, 'Write about what you know.' Instead, seek out an unknown yet knowable area of experience that's going to enhance…

— Rose Tremain

Write about something you don't know. And don't be scared, ever.

— Toni Morrison

As a writer, you owe it to yourself not to get stuck in a rut of looking at the world in a certain way.

— Hilary Mantel

I've got to keep on writing. That's non-negotiable. At the same time, one has to look at the world and recognise that writing is…

— Uzodinma Iweala

Writing can make you feel a bit psychotic. You create a world, and you're sitting inside it all day long, talking to people who…

— Julian Barratt