College Quote by Polly Adler

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

— Michelle Richmond

The idea that it is necessary to go to a university in order to become a successful writer . . . is one of…

— Vera Brittain

You can’t learn to write in college. It’s a very bad place for writers because the teachers always think they know more than you…

— Ray Bradbury

Writing is probably the least glamorous profession there is. This doesn't change when you become an author.

— Rebecca Serle

One of the unfortunate things about creative writing courses is that they make people impatient. People feel that they have prepared themselves and that…

— Robert Dessaix

A writer should get as much education as possible, but just going to school is not enough; if it were, all owners of doctorates…

— Gwendolyn Brooks

It is quite beneath the dignity of a person holding a Bachelor of Arts degree to engage in such a vulgar occupation as the…

— Fukuzawa Yukichi

“Too many writers are trying to write with too shallow an education. Whether they go to college or not is immaterial...a good writer needs…

— James Kisner

My mom never went to college, so she just assumed the writer identity, and that was always really inspiring to me. It's not something…

— Noah Hawley

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

— Rebecca Mead

I never got a degree; I just started writing.

— Joe R. Lansdale

Being a writer is great because you get to come up with stuff.

— Courtney A. Kemp