Degree Quote by Joe R. Lansdale

I went to college, though I didn't take many writing courses.

— Walter Jon Williams

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

— Michelle Richmond

I've been a writer my whole life. I've just never pursued a career in it since I graduated college.

— Scheana Shay

I went to college, but I learned to write by reading - and writing.

— Daniel Pinkwater

I never thought I would get a degree of any type.

— Angela Rayner

I entered the literary world, really, from outside. My entire background has been in sciences; I was a biology major in college, then went…

— Khaled Hosseini

I may not have a degree, but I certainly got an education.

— Jodi Picoult

I've always liked to write, but I never thought I could make a career out of it.

— Dee Rees

I've always enjoyed writing, I graduated with a degree in English; I've done bits of journalism

— Michael York

I never really had novel-writing instruction like people do in MFA programs.

— Jess Row

Oddly enough, I never studied writing. I studied almost everything except writing.

— Joss Whedon

I have no formal training as a writer at all, not even a single English class in college.

— Scott Westerfeld