Five Quotations about ‘Write What You Know’

“The man who writes about himself and his own time is the only man who writes about all people and all time.” - George Bernard Shaw

“You can’t write a story until you've felt. Breathe it in. Walked with your characters. Talked with them. That’s why you come here. To live your story.” - Angelica Banks

“Write what disturbs you, what you fear, what you have not been willing to speak about. Be willing to be split open.” - Natalie Goldberg

“When it comes to being a writer: getting out of your own way, and getting rid of the countless negative thoughts that tell you what a hopelessly uninteresting specimen of humanity you are.” - Pam Grout

“No tears in the writer, no tears in the reader. No surprise in the writer, no surprise in the reader.” ― Robert Frost

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