Education Quote by Orson Scott Card

I never considered I might make a career out of writing as I was going to school, so when I did turn my attentions…

— Kim Harrison

When I went to high school, I wanted to be a designer of airplanes. But flunking out of the science high school brought me…

— Avi

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

— Walter Jon Williams

Teaching high school was my real training as a novelist: it got me out of my head, and (at least a little) out of…

— Garth Greenwell

I wasn't good at the sciences; I wasn't a good enough athlete. The only thing I could do was mow lawns. So I thought…

— Owen King

Writing was in my mind from the time I was in high school, but more, the idea that I would be a doctor. I…

— Paul Theroux

I took a lot of writing courses.

— Danny Strong

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

— Daniel Pinkwater

One of the most useful parts of my education as a writer was the practice of reading a writer straight through - every book…

— Kyle Minor

I taught English and history, so my education for that really helped prepare me for writing historical fiction.

— Candace Camp

Wrote my first "novel" when I was six. Studied a bit in college, but then pursued history... But when I started writing professionally, it…

— David B. Coe

I had many different careers early on. I knew I wanted to be a writer. But, like so many people, I didn't know how…

— David Grann