Books Quote by Paullina Simons

I write not only what I want to read...I write all the things I should have been able to read.

— Alice Walker

'Write what you know' works, but it's limiting. Write what fascinates you. Write what you can't stop thinking about.

— Brian Koppelman

I know my limitations; I know what I can do and what I can't.

— Raj Thackeray

Writing is a process of discovery of what you really do know. You can't limit yourself in advance to what you know, because you…

— Walter Murch

“Don’t write what you know—what you know may bore you, and thus bore your readers. Write about what interests you—and interests you deeply—and your…

— Valerie Sherwood

One of the things I've tried to do in my career is really write different kinds of books, so I'm able to broaden people's…

— Lauren Oliver

When I say that I can write nothing but weird fiction, I am not trying to exalt that medium but am merely confessing my…

— H. P. Lovecraft

“READ. You have no business wanting to be a writer unless you are a reader. You should read fantasies and essays, biographies and poetry,…

— Kate DiCamillo

I think you have an obligation to share what you know as a writer.

— David Guterson

As a writer, you have control: You can play around with your own thoughts and when you find those insufficient, draw upon others': their…

— Marty Nemko

The books that I do, the stories I write - I'm glad I'm able to do them, but they will quickly be swallowed up…

— Jim Woodring

When I write, I enjoy myself so much that what is being written really needs no reader

— Guillermo Cabrera Infante