The old adage is, 'Write what you know.' But if you only do that, your work becomes claustrophobic. I say, 'Write what you want to know.'

- Julia Glass

I believe in that old adage that 'as goes California, so goes the country.'

- Kamala Harris

The adage 'a family that prays together, stays together' is so true.

- Niecy Nash

There's that old adage about how there's only seven plots in the world and Shakespeare's done them all before.

- Terri Windling