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title: "7 Writing College Quotes by 7 authors"
description: "Browse 7 Writing College quotes by 7 authors. Discover the best Writing College sayings and thoughts."
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> [Ever since I started writing in college, I have, save for a few short breaks here and there, been working away on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laura-van-den-berg/ever-since-i-started-writing-in-college-i-have-save-for-a-few-short/)

[Laura van den Berg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laura-van-den-berg/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/682/laura-van-den-berg-4314_i-love_ever-since-i-started-writing-in-college_445415.jpg)

> [When I was in high school and college, my other real focus was, actually, fiction writing. So in college, I had done…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lily-rabe/when-i-was-in-high-school-and-college-my-other-real-focus-was/)

[Lily Rabe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lily-rabe/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/55e/lily-rabe-17489_college_when-i-was-in-high-school-and-college-my_1759973.jpg)

> [I feel like I partly came to writing through being in college during the start of the Iraq war, and knowing that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-stillman/i-feel-like-i-partly-came-to-writing-through-being-in-college-during/)

[Sarah Stillman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-stillman/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/78c/sarah-stillman-21738_college_i-feel-like-i-partly-came-to-writing-thr_1918139.jpg)

> [I went to school for creative writing in college, and I wound up about six hours short of my degree.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jason-isbell/i-went-to-school-for-creative-writing-in-college-and-i-wound-up-about/)

[Jason Isbell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jason-isbell/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7ca/jason-isbell-3520_about_i-went-to-school-for-creative-writing-in_2638520.jpg)

> [My goal growing up was to write a book. That's why I studied English and creative writing in college, and that is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lauren-ridloff/my-goal-growing-up-was-to-write-a-book-that-s-why-i-studied-english/)

[Lauren Ridloff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lauren-ridloff/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bae/lauren-ridloff-5731_big_my-goal-growing-up-was-to-write-a-book-t_2732625.jpg)

> [I did a lot of writing when I was in college, and that's what I thought I wanted to do; saying that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-tatum/i-did-a-lot-of-writing-when-i-was-in-college-and-that-s-what-i/)

[Jack Tatum](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-tatum/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/774/jack-tatum-30304_college_i-did-a-lot-of-writing-when-i-was-in-col_2940588.jpg)

> [“I majored in Creative Writing in college. Then I got over it.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donald-e-mcquinn/i-majored-in-creative-writing-in-college-then-i-got-over-it/)

[Donald E. McQuinn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/donald-e-mcquinn/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/180/donald-e-mcquinn-233332_creative-writing_i-majored-in-creative-writing-in-college_3022218.jpg)

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