Believe Quote by Jackie Collins

A lot of my writing is basically about observation, and things that I've seen, either through personal experiences or the experiences of people around…

— John Trudell

I am not much of a researcher as a novelist; I write mainly from experience.

— Mohsin Hamid

I really am a very research-oriented writer.

— Eric Kripke

Ultimately, writing is about trusting your own mind. It is an act of discovery.

— Natalie Goldberg

I think anyone can write about anything that they have knowledge of and exposure to.

— Neal Brennan

Writing is too hard not to do exactly what you want to do. It's a very draining and agonizing process for me, and I…

— Armistead Maupin

The number-one rule of writing is write what you know--or something like that. So I wrote about my experiences.

— Nikki Reed

You can write about anything, and if you write well enough, even the reader with no intrinsic interest in the subject will become involved.

— Tracy Kidder

I write what needs to be written the way that seems genuinely right. If what comes out of it are stories, then it is…

— Etgar Keret

Every writer should be able to write anything if you do the research and you're sensitive enough to ask the questions.

— Courtney A. Kemp

Like most writers, I write about what has happened to me as that involves the minimum amount of research.

— Steven Moffat

I am a very personal writer. I write direct to the reader. I don't hold back.

— Ruskin Bond