“The worst advice a young writer can get is "Write what you know." Imagination is more important than experience.” KnowsWritingImportantYoungImaginationWorstAdviceYoung Writers Author:Joe Haldeman
“All experience is memory, and so everything you write about is from memory-unless you're writing about typing.” WritingMemoriesTyping Author:Joe Haldeman
“There's no such thing as writing about the future. The future hasn't happened yet.” WritingHappened Author:Joe Haldeman
“Bad books on writing tell you to "WRITE WHAT YOU KNOW", a solemn and totally false adage that is the reason there exist so many mediocre novels about English professors contemplating adultery.” KnowsWritingBookReasonNovelProfessorsContemplatingMediocreAdulterySolemnAdages Author:Joe Haldeman