Educate Quote by Terrence McNally

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

— Amos Oz

“The banal advice of writ in teachers is "write what you know," but the truth is, you don't know a place until you write…

— 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

You can never know too much about writing. If you think you know everything, you're not leaving yourself open to learn. . . .…

— Sabrina Jeffries

I write about what I know.

— Shelby Lynne

Don't write what you know. Write what you love. That's what will keep you writing.

— Chris Humphreys

Writing is a really good first step toward that goal of knowing yourself.

— Jewel

The best way to learn about writing is to study the work of other writers you admire.

— Jeffery Deaver

“The most familiar of all advice on writing is the old classroom cliché “Write what you know.” It is very much a cliché, and…

— Stephen Koch

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

— Carrie Brownstein

I really write to find out what I know about something and what is to be known about something.

— Rebecca West

The best advice is not to write what you know, it's to write what you like.

— Austin Kleon