Appreciative Quote by Dan Mangan

At Oxford University, I studied languages so I could read the great novels as they were originally written. I took what in the United…

— Kate Beckinsale

The number one secret of being a successful writer is this: marry an English major.

— Stephen Ambrose

I majored in English in college and that was my major in graduate school before switching to creative writing. I read a lot of…

— Stephen Dobyns

I loved English, and I did very well in it. A lot of teachers encouraged me to write, and because of that, it later…

— Sharon Creech

“The English major is, first of all, a reader. She's got a book pup-tented in front of her nose many hours a day; her…

— Mark Edmundson

I really liked English literature, a subject I did really well at.

— Eniola Aluko

I was an English major in university and that got me into novels, but I read a lot of books as a kid.

— Dan Mangan

'Jane Eyre,' when I think of that book, it conjures up the best moments of college English courses. Literature is extraordinary, especially when you…

— Edward P. Jones

I've enjoyed being a famous writer-except that every once in a while you have to write something.

— Ken Kesey

“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

I have an English literature degree. I wanted to be the next great American novelist from a very early age, but I put it…

— Daniel Suarez

I love English and literature.

— Mickie James