College Quotes

In college, I wrote maybe three short stories.
Colson Whitehead
- College
In college I wrote for the university newspaper, and I had several short stories published in small press. I think it's just been a natural progression of where to go with the imagination and not have to grow up.

Gabriel Campisi
- Up
- Thinking
- Small

When I was younger - up until I was 19 years old and in college - I was surrounded with people in high school who felt like they knew what they wanted to do with their lives, and that was intimidating to me because I didn't.

James Marsden
- People
- Up
- School
I lived at home off and on until I was 37. I have about a million college credits. I'd worry about writing about anyone else because I'd be invading their privacy, but you can use your mom and dad and their dog for everything!

Peggy Rathmann
- Writing
- Home
- Dad
The one text that most changed my opinion on criticism was probably Freud's 'Interpretation of Dreams,' which I read in college.

Elif Batuman
- Opinion
- Criticism
- Text
I started when I was in college because I was shy and thought it would be a good way to break out of that.

Catherine Bell
- Way
- Started
- Shy
I was actually a poetry major in college before I punted and decided to become a theater major. I wrote the poem that we put on the sauerkraut boxes in the style of Elling.

Denis O'Hare
- College
- Style
- Poetry
I picked up reading late because I grew up dyslexic. When I went to college, a friend who was a big reader got me started on a number of writers, including Hemingway.

Lee Pace
- Up
- Reading
- Friend