Teacher Quote by Phyllis Rose

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

— Brian Koppelman

I'm of the school 'Write what you know.' You can educate yourself, but the best writing usually comes from the heart.

— Terrence McNally

“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

Write what you know. Write what you want to know more about. Write what you're afraid to write about.

— Cecil Murphey

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

— Joyce Maynard

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

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

Write what you know will always be excellent advice for those who ought not to write at all. Write what you think, what you…

— Gore Vidal

“Stop writing what you know and start writing what you want to know.”

— Tiffany Reisz

“Writing can be taught or learned in the vacuum. We must say to students in every area of knowledge: "This is a how other…

— William Zinsser

Writing isn't necessarily about what one knows but what one wants to know.

— Carrie Brownstein

I'm not a writer who teaches. I'm a teacher who writes.

— Maya Angelou