#creative writing

Poetry is something that happens in universities, in creative writing programs or in English departments. ↗

— Mark Strand

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

— Jennifer Weiner

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Given the devaluation of literature and of the study of foreign languages per se in the United States, as well as the preponderance of theory over text in graduate literature studies, creative writing programs keep literature courses populated. ↗

— Marilyn Hacker

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Now that I'm staring down the barrel of the last act of my life, I'm less excited about control and solo effort, and I resent the way the business aspects interfere with my space for creative writing. ↗

— David Knopfler

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I was an A student and I liked creative writing. ↗

— Trisha Yearwood

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I don't think the creative writing industry has helped American poetry. ↗

— Robert Morgan

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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

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My first semester, I got a D in creative writing. ↗

— Conrad Hall

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I fell into playwriting accidentally, took some classes in it, and also took creative writing classes, but I really didn't expect it to be a career because I didn't believe there was a way to make money as a playwright without being lucky and I didn't feel particularly lucky. ↗

— Orson Scott Card

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I got out of college and I went to get my master's in creative writing at San Francisco State. I was working as an actor at the Actor's Workshop, being abused as a intern. ↗

— Peter Coyote

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