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I think it's easier for me to write from experience.

— Phoebe Bridgers

One writes out of one thing only-one's own experience,

— James A. Baldwin

For me, experience is everything when it comes to writing.

— Kodie Shane

All experience helps when you write.

— Jerome Lawrence

Writing is one of the main ways that I process the experience.

— Jennifer Pharr Davis

When you're little, every experience writes on the canvas of who you are.

— Katherine Ryan

Writing doesn’t get easier with experience. The more you know, the harder it is to write.

— Tim O'Brien

When I'm out having the experiences, that's exactly what I'm doing: having the experiences. Then I can later reflect and write.

— Kevin Morby

“I have found that a writer is formed not so much by their experiences but by the way in which they view and capture…

— H Raven Rose

I have only written what I experienced, what I saw, what I learned first-hand.

— Mohamedou Ould Slahi

With my writing, I try to do stuff I have not done before. Each time I sit down, I want to have a new…

— Jacqueline Woodson

“Writing teachers invariably tell students, write about what you know. That's, of course, what you have to do, but on the other hand, how…

— E.L. Doctorow