1) Interested in delving into esotericism after seeing Arthur Melzer's @KristolConvos on "philosophy between the lines"? Here are some places to start.
2) At the very beginning of his "Guide of the Perplexed," Moses Maimonides gives a detailed exposition of reasons for, and ways of practicing, esoteric writing and the proper interpretation of texts: https://thegreatthinkers.org/maimonides/major-works/the-guide-of-the-perplexed/
3) Maimonides may have developed his art of writing by, among other things, careful study of Al-Farabi: https://thegreatthinkers.org/al-farabi/
4) Plato has Socrates discuss the limitations of *all* writing in the Phaedrus: https://thegreatthinkers.org/plato/other-works/phaedrus/