Said Quote by Martha Gellhorn

I wrote about World War II because I didn't understand it. I think that's the reason that historians are drawn to any subject -…

— Nicholson Baker

You don't write about the horrors of war. No. You write about a kid's burnt socks lying in the road.

— Richard Price

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

What ultimately happened is that my country had a war. I think it would be extraordinary, as a writer, not to want to write…

— Aminatta Forna

I would like my book to give people insight to the war before and after, but I don't think anyone could read my book…

— Asne Seierstad

I didn't write because I had anything to say, but in order to find out what there was to say.

— Eugene H. Peterson

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 didn't start a war. Nobody died.

— Boris Becker

I do not want to talk about the war, because I cannot change history.

— Phan Thi Kim Phuc

I don't set out to write something. I more just write, and later on, I discover what it's about.

— Mitski

I write about my life and my own experience, but I also write about things that I have no knowledge of whatsoever.

— Reeve Carney

You write about what you know, and you write about what you want to know.

— Joyce Maynard