Write What You Know/Quotes

Everything About Fiction You Never Wanted to Know.


Bad books on writing and thoughtless English professors solemnly tell beginners to write what you know, which explains why so many mediocre novels are about English professors contemplating adultery.
[The worst writing advice Eric Walters ever received is] Write what you know. What's important isn't what you know, but how you can get to know. You have to figure out what you have to read, who you have to interview, what activity you have to do and who will be your consultant to help you know.
In Parasite, I have where a murder location takes place, it's in this super sketchy part where my favorite favorite Mexican restaurant, it's called El Novillero, [is] in Sacremento. It's off of Franklin Boulevard. It's the super sketchiest place. It's super horrible, but one of my favorite Mexican places.
—Steve Diamond