I was an English major at UCLA when I was 18, and then I left after a year to start acting. I… — James Franco Copy Share Image
I honor English majors. It's a dumb thing to major in. It leads nowhere. It's good to be dumb, it allows us… — Natalie Goldberg Copy Share Image
In the beginning of college I wanted to be an English major, but then I became interested in international relations. — Nick McDonell Copy Share Image
She'd become an English major for the purest and dullest of reasons: because she loved to read. — Jeffrey Eugenides Copy Share Image
I was an English major in college, so I really liked spoken word and poetry; it was what I did before I… — Mat Kearney Copy Share Image
I used to write a lot of songs. I was an English major in college. I was a deluded poet for a… — Paul Dano Copy Share Image
“I began to parse the sentence. This is what English majors do. It's what we're trained to do. We don't know how… — Gary Reilly Copy Share Image
I was an English major in college, took a ton of creative writing courses, and was a newspaper reporter for 10 years. — Jennifer Weiner Copy Share Image
When I was in college, I was an English major, but I was part of this great group at Stanford called the… — Sigourney Weaver Copy Share Image
Absolutely, but let me qualify that-I consider myself an authentic feminist. Not as defined by the modern movement. And, let me clarify… — Christine O'Donnell Copy Share Image
I was an English major in college, I went to a creative-writing program, and all my life, I really read and thought… — Tom Perrotta Copy Share Image
I was an English major at the University of Minnesota, and I was very shy, which many people misinterpreted as intelligence. On… — Garrison Keillor Copy Share Image
“I had long ago learned that books are the best presents you can buy for a person--except me. I like toys. But… — Gary Reilly Copy Share Image
“I swear on Peter Stuyvesant’s peg leg that the country that became the U.S. bears a closer family resemblance to the devil-may-care… — Sarah Vowell Copy Share Image
I consider myself a writer who happens to write about history, rather than a historian. I was an English major in college.… — Nathaniel Philbrick Copy Share Image
During his weekly address to the nation, President Obama discussed higher education and said, 'The most important skill you can sell is… — Jimmy Fallon Copy Share Image
“Sylvia Plath" A miniature mad talent? Sylvia Plath, who'll wipe off the spit of your integrity, rising in the saddle to slash… — Robert Lowell Copy Share Image
If you look at Iraq and Afghanistan's situations, they are quickly becoming much like our reservations. They will have puppet governments funded… — Leonard Peltier Copy Share Image
“English majors want the joy of seeing the world through the eyes of people who—let us admit it—are more sensitive, more articulate,… — Mark Edmundson Copy Share Image
“It was possible to explore the 'great tradition' of the English novel and believe that in doing so you were addressing questions… — Terry Eagleton Copy Share Image
“Professional wrestling is simply the most modern interpretation of an ancient tradition of stylized verbal battles between enemies. From the time that… — Elizabeth Hunter Copy Share Image
The only reason I acted in school was because of the community. I was in the chorus of every play and was… — John Krasinski Copy Share Image
“Before I met Maria, I was your basic craven hermit. I spent most of my time in my room, in love with… — Rob Sheffield Copy Share Image
“Don't fuck with an English major. They keep lots of useless crap trapped in their heads. Once in a while they let… — P.C. Cast Copy Share Image
“The English major reads because, as rich as the one life he has may be, one life is not enough.” — Mark Edmundson Copy Share Image
I was an English major in university and that got me into novels, but I read a lot of books as a… — Dan Mangan Copy Share Image
“When you are an English major, they tell you that you can do anything, but what they really mean is that you… — Nora McInerny Purmort Copy Share Image
As a former English major, I have always been fascinated by the connections between literature and history. — Nathaniel Philbrick Copy Share Image
More than anything, being an English major made me more appreciative of authors and what an incredible feat it is to just… — Dan Mangan Copy Share Image
“An English major is like being in a book club that costs $40,000 a year, has only annoying people in it, offers… — Aaron Goldfarb Copy Share Image
We English majors...need to promote public libraries as a tool in the war against terror. How many readers of Edith Wharton have… — Garrison Keillor Copy Share Image
There's no doubt that scientific training helps many authors to write better science fiction. And yet, several of the very best were… — David Brin Copy Share Image
Not Shakespeare. In college I took a Shakespeare class because I was an English major, and they had a Summer program called… — Jenna Bush Copy Share Image
I can be a bit of a science geek. I tend more towards reading about brain science, neuroscience. I was an English… — William Mapother Copy Share Image
When I was in college I was an English major and my last year or so I tutored high school students in… — Michael Ealy Copy Share Image
Maybe because I began as a writer, I have a good ear for dialogue, and maybe being an English major - and… — Owen Wilson Copy Share Image
“You’re an English major, aren't you?” “Hey!” Immediately retreating, Keith swatted at him with a dishcloth. “Leave my brain alone. It’s resting.”… — Matthew Haldeman-Time Copy Share Image
“YOU DON’T HAVE TO DO ANYTHING TO BE AN ENGLISH MAJOR, YOU DON’T NEED ANY SPECIAL TALENT, YOU JUST HAVE TO PAY… — John Irving Copy Share Image
My roommate in college in Austin, Texas, was Wes Anderson. Wes always wanted to be a director. I was an English major… — Owen Wilson Copy Share Image
When I was a kid, I really wanted to be a writer and an artist when I grew up. So in college,… — Caterina Fake Copy Share Image
