British Quote by Jeff Noon

“Writing what you know" is about as much fun as having an affair with your spouse.”

— Gordon Highland

“Even when there were good wars to write about, writers such as Jane Austen wrote novels concerning marriage. They usually went like this: 'You're…

— Dan Wilbur

I write about the men you want to read about but don't necessarily want to be married to.

— Susan Elizabeth Phillips

When you're a writer, you want to try to avoid cliches. Unfortunately, when you're writing about marriage or family, all cliches seem to apply.

— Dan Savage

Bad books on writing tell you to "WRITE WHAT YOU KNOW", a solemn and totally false adage that is the reason there exist so…

— Joe Haldeman

Don't write what you know. Write what you love. That's what will keep you writing.

— Chris Humphreys

“They say marriages work better if you don't know the person too well. Maybe we should stop writing each other posthaste.”

— Bill Callahan

Novels shouldn’t aspire to answer questions, and I wouldn’t presume to offer advice about love or marriage in any case. What’s fascinating to me…

— Nell Freudenberger

Rules such as "Write what you know," and "Show, don't tell," while doubtlessly grounded in good sense, can be ignored with impunity by any…

— Tom Robbins

“Above all, readers want useful information, whether from a road sign or an investment guide. This motive is not completely absent even in readers…

— Alice W. Flaherty

The kind of writing that matters most to me is something you don't learn about. It's constantly coming out of what I don't know…

— W. S. Merwin

It was the marriage that was important; Jane Austen rarely even bothered to write about the wedding.

— Karen Joy Fowler