Adages Quote by Sarah Kay

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

— Colum McCann

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

The old adage is, 'Write what you know.' But if you only do that, your work becomes claustrophobic. I say, 'Write what you want…

— Julia Glass

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

“You don't write what you know you write to find out what you don't know”

— Patricia Hemphall

That adage about 'Write what you know' is basically the opposite of the way I function. I write about what I'm curious to find…

— Jennifer Egan

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 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

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

— Grace Paley

My writings are an exploration, and I think a lot of writers would tell you this, but in writing, you're not simply putting down…

— Alan Lightman

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

— Patricia Hampl

It's a bit cliche, but you can't go wrong by writing what you know. Even if you're a horrible writer, your own knowledge and…

— Issa Rae