Inspirational Quote by Richard Peck

We write about what we don't know about what we know.

— Grace Paley

We do not write what we know; we write what we want to find out.

— Wallace Stegner

Writers do not write what they know. They write what they can imagine.

— Walter Dean Myers

Ultimately, you can only ever write what you know. It's logically and philosophically impossible to write what you don't know.

— Colum McCann

I don't agree with the sentiment 'write what you know.'... I think one should write what one doesn't know. The world is bigger and…

— Cynthia Ozick

Write what you know. Write what you don't know. But most of all, write what you'd rather not know.

— Sam Lipsyte

I don't write about what I know: I write in order to find out what I know.

— Patricia Hampl

You write about what you know.

— Larry David

Everybody gets told to write about what they know. The trouble with many of us is that at the earlier stages of life we…

— Thomas Pynchon

“One of the dumbest things you were ever taught was to write what you know. Because what you know is usually dull. Remember when…

— Ken Kesey

We write to discover what we think.

— Joan Didion

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

— Brian Koppelman