I was an English major in college!

I ended up doing four or five plays in college and being an English major with my thesis in language acquisition, which I was…

— Carrie Coon

I was an English major in college with minors in Fine Arts and Humanities.

— Sue Grafton

I had higher math SATs than in English - yet I became an English major in college.

— Christie Hefner

I didn't fit the typical profile of a trader. I was an English major working on a novel at night. Most everyone else was…

— Philipp Meyer

My background is in theater. I was a theater major in college.

— Amy Schumer

“MAYBE YOU SHOULD BE AN ENGLISH MAJOR. AT LEAST, YOU GET TO READ STUFF THAT'S WRITTEN BY PEOPLE WHO CAN WRITE! YOU DON'T HAVE…

— John Irving

As a former English major, I have always been fascinated by the connections between literature and history.

— Nathaniel Philbrick

“An English major is like being in a book club that costs $40,000 a year, has only annoying people in it, offers no refreshments…

— Aaron Goldfarb

“When you are an English major, they tell you that you can do anything, but what they really mean is that you could just…

— Nora McInerny Purmort

I was an English major.

— Jenna Bush

In college, I was a cartoonist at 'The Daily Northwestern.' So I draw myself. I was an animator. But basically, I went to Northwestern…

— John Musker

I was an English major, and I always wrote poems.

— Mat Kearney

I was a business major in college, so I knew economics.

— Mike Holmgren

I was a political science major in college because that's where my head was.

— Jeffrey Wright

I was a literature major in college and that was my thing, books.

— Jodie Foster