American Quote by Randall Park

When I was at UCLA, a professor there encouraged me to write, and so I looked into specializing in creative writing in the English…

— Randall Park

I was an English major in college, took a ton of creative writing courses, and was a newspaper reporter for 10 years.

— Jennifer Weiner

Well, my background is journalism. I don't have any creative-writing experience except for one class I took as a sophomore in college.

— Dave Eggers

As an undergraduate I majored in British and American literature at Rice University.

— David Eagleman

I speak Mandarin and can read and write a little. I took a few classes at Harvard to get better in my reading and…

— Jeremy Lin

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

— Michael York

I went to classes on writing for film and theatre as well as short stories at Stanford.

— Brook Lopez

For decades, as literary editor, I have followed the growth of our creative writing in English. In my Solidaridad Bookshop, half of my stock…

— F. Sionil Jose

I was an English major in college with minors in Fine Arts and Humanities.

— Sue Grafton

I did a course in creative writing.

— Antara Mali

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

— Candace Camp

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