How Quote by Rupi Kaur

We write about things that we've done or things that have happened to people around us.

— Johnny Van Zant

Mostly things that have happened to me, feelings that I've had, but on a couple of occasions I've written about things that have happened…

— James Walsh

All I write about is what's happened to me and to people I know, and the better I know them, the more likely they…

— Norman MacCaig

Writing is the process by which you explain to yourself what happened to you.

— Arlene Croce

Anything that happens to you has some bearing upon what you write.

— John Dos Passos

My writing has a lot to do with who I am, and what my life is like, and my relationships to people.

— Paul Thomas Anderson

I write about other people's experiences from time to time.

— Gabriella Wilson

I write about my life, choosing incidents that I think will be, for one reason or another, significant to people. Often because they may…

— Harvey Pekar

I write about what happens to me. It's all there. I couldn't do it any other way.

— Peter Frampton

If I have experienced something in my life, it's probably going to be written about, and I don't particularly care if the person I'm…

— Finneas

Writing helps me process things that are happening to me.

— Juliana Hatfield

Everything I've written is based on something that has happened to me or something that I know a great deal about.

— Peter Benchley