>>7296822Philip K. Dick quit university because of anxiety problems.
Frank Hebert wanted to study what he desired, so he quit university.
About Tolstoy: His teachers described him as "both unable and unwilling to learn."
Faulkner didn't even go to university. Saramago and a lot of others either.
T.S. Eliot hated university, so as many others like Bernard Shaw.
William Styron left college because he tought was a waste of time.
Salinger hated school, just read catcher in the rye and you will understand
Dostoevsky was forced into military school and hated every single moment of it.
Lovecraft had a nervous breakdown because of his difficult with math, forcing him to abandon his studies.
Dickens, Mark Twain, Melvile, Flaubert, Hemingway never attended university.
And there are many, many others OP. Don't feel bad. A great writer can come from anywhere. Formal education is not needed.