The best advice is not to write what you know, it’s to write what you like. Write the kind of story you like best — write the story you want to read. - Austin Kleon

Write the book you want to read

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

Write the kind of story you like best — write the story you want to read.

"Soon after, you learn that most of the world doesn't necessarily care about what you think. It sounds harsh, but it's true. As the writer Steven Pressfield says, "It's not that people are mean or cruel, they're just busy."
This is actually a good thing, because you want attention only after you're doing really good work. There's no pressure when you're unknown. You can do what you want. Experiment. Do things just for the fun of it. When you're unknown, there's nothing to distract you from getting better. No public image to manage. No huge paycheck on the line. No stock-holders. No e-mails from your agent. No hangers-on.
You'll never get that freedom back again once people start paying you attention, and especially not once they start paying you money.
Enjoy your obscurity while it lasts. Use it."

Nobody is born with a style or a voice. We don't come out of the womb knowing who we are. In the beginning, we learn by pretending to be our heroes. We learn by copying.

If you work on something a little bit every day, you end up with something that is massive.” — Kenneth Goldsmith