Book Quote by Stephen Koch

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

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

— Terrence McNally

That's my gutsy advice to any young writer: write only about what you know well.

— Amos Oz

“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

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

— Brian Koppelman

“Writing is a lot like life, the more you learn the more you realize that you don’t have a clue”

— Carl Henegan

“The old nut goes, 'Write what you know,' but often a writer is clearer about what he doesn't know and must learn about.”

— Susan Bell

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

“there is no better way to learn how to write than by writing a novel.”

— Lawrence Block

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

“There is really only one way to learn good writing: good reading and extensive writing and revising.”

— Robert Lane Greene

“I have learned one lesson as a writer...keep writing and never throw any notes away. Written parts that can't be used today...may be used…

— Timothy Pina