Academy Quote by Cynthia Ozick

Listen, here's the thing about an English degree - if you sat somebody down and asked them to make a list of the writers…

— David Mamet

In 100 years we have gone from teaching Latin and Greek in High School to teaching remedial English in college.

— Joseph Sobran

On the one hand, there is no question that English - frequently bad English - has become the universal language of scholarship. It is…

— Henry Rosovsky

Harvard students have completed more English courses and less forward passes than any school in this generation.

— Will Rogers

“Some people majored in English to prepare for law school. Others became journalists. The smartest guy in the honors program, Adam Vogel, a child…

— Jeffrey Eugenides

I worry that people think you have to go to a university to be a good writer, which is categorically untrue. I don't think…

— Samantha Shannon

It's sad that arts are not part of the curriculum across the nation.

— Rosie Perez

The main differences between contemporary English and American literature is that the baleful pseudo-professionalism imparted by all those crap M.F.A. writing programs has yet…

— Will Self

I did modern English and American literature at Kent University, with no Chaucer and no Middle English: a perfect course.

— Gavin Esler

My suspicion is that once you have literacy in place, the readership has not changed very much.

— Robert Hass

Nothing teaches great writing like the very best books do. Yet, good teachers often help students cross that bridge, and I have to say…

— Julia Glass

The average college graduate's proficient literacy in English [the ability to read lengthy, complex texts and draw complicated inferences] has declined from 40 percent…

— Charles Colson