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MAYBE YOU SHOULD BE AN ENGLISH MAJOR. AT LEAST, YOU GET TO READ STUFF THAT'S WRITTEN BY PEOPLE WHO CAN WRITE! YOU DON'T HAVE TO DO ANYTHING TO BE AN ENGLISH MAJOR, YOU DON'T NEED ANY SPECIAL TALENT, YOU JUST HAVE TO PAY ATTENTION TO WHAT SOMEONE WANTS YOU TO SEE - TO WHAT MAKES SOMEONE ANGRIEST, OR THE MOST EXCITED IN SOME OTHER WAY. IT'S SO EASY!; I THINK THAT'S WHY THERE ARE SO MANY ENGLISH MAJORS! John Irving
I didn't know shorthand either. This meant I couldn't get a good job after college. My mother kept telling me nobody wanted a plain English major. But an English major who knew shorthand would be something else again. Everybody would want her. She would be in demand among all the up-and-coming young men and she would transcribe letter after thrilling letter. The trouble was, I hated the idea of serving men in any way. I wanted to dictate my own thrilling letters. Sylvia Plath
Christie Hefner quote: "I had higher math SATs than in English - yet I became an..."
I had higher math SATs than in English - yet I became an English major in college. Christie Hefner
Jeffrey Eugenides quote: "She'd become an English major for the purest and dullest of..."
She'd become an English major for the purest and dullest of reasons: because she loved to read. Jeffrey Eugenides
Sue Grafton quote: "I was an English major in college with minors in Fine Arts and..."
I was an English major in college with minors in Fine Arts and Humanities. Sue Grafton
Jennifer Weiner quote: "I was an English major in college, took a ton of creative..."
I was an English major in college, took a ton of creative writing courses, and was a newspaper reporter for 10 years. Jennifer Weiner
P. J. O'Rourke quote: "I read good. I was an English major."
I read good. I was an English major. P. J. O'Rourke
Hamish Linklater quote: "I did try to go to college and try to be an English major."
I did try to go to college and try to be an English major. Hamish Linklater
Jenna Bush quote: "I was an English major."
I was an English major. Jenna Bush
I am an English major in school with an emphasis in creative writing. I think hearing Maya Angelou speak at school last year was one of the best moments Stanford, at least, intellectually, had to offer. Fred Savage
There's no doubt that scientific training helps many authors to write better science fiction. And yet, several of the very best were English majors who could not parse a differential equation to save their lives. David Brin
I'm an old English major from way back, so I do have fun tearing apart texts and trying to find the hidden secrets and the subtexts in there. Cynthia Nixon
Stephen Ambrose quote: "The number one secret of being a successful writer is this:..."
The number one secret of being a successful writer is this: marry an English major. Stephen Ambrose
English of course is your major tool, but it is not nearly so important as other aspects of writing for example you have to have some natural ability you can't buy it no one puts it there you're born with it. Leon Uris
a large contingent of people majoring in English by default. Because they weren't left-brained enough for science, because history was too dry, philosophy too difficult, geology too petroleum-oriented, and math too mathematical--because they weren't musical, artistic, financially motivated, or really all that smart, these people were pursuing university degrees doing something no different from what they'd done in first grade: reading stories. English was what people who didn't know what to... Jeffrey Eugenides

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