Degrees Quote by Irvine Welsh

To be a writer you have to write -- and no academic degree is going to do the writing for you.

— Michelle Richmond

Young writers should be encouraged to write, and discouraged from thinking they are writers. If they arrive at college with literary ambitions, they should…

— Wallace Stegner

Young writers should be encouraged to write, and discouraged from thinking they are writers.

— Wallace Stegner

I think the crucial thing in the writing career is to find what you want to do and how you fit in. What somebody…

— James A. Michener

The best education for a writer, I think, is to read a lot - college can be a good place to do that.

— Rebecca Mead

Early on, it's good to develop the ability to write. Learning to write is a useful exercise, even if what you're writing about is…

— Walter Gilbert

I've had a few jobs, but if you want to be a writer, you're better off getting a job that doesn't require that you…

— John Cooper Clarke

I am always interested in why young people become writers, and from talking with many I have concluded that most do not want to…

— James A. Michener

I do a lot of teaching... and so I think I know how hard it is for young writers, how they have to work…

— Erica Jong

You should constantly write because your writing is always evolving and progressing. It's really important to start writing young.

— Ellie Goulding

Ultimately, you've got to have something to say, so a writer should continue learning things throughout life. But I don't think education makes one…

— Roger Zelazny

Perhaps it would be better not to be a writer, but if you must, then write.

— J. B. Priestley