The idea that it is necessary to go to a university in order to become a successful writer . . . is one of those phantasies that surround authorship.
Source: On Being an Author, ch. 2, 1948.
-- Vera Brittain, (NA 1896-1970), English writer, poet, pacifist; She wrote of WWI experiences in Testament of Youth, 1933; made into English series shown on PBS.