Writing in English is the most ingenious torture ever…

I was writing in English since my school days in Amritsar.

— Deepti Naval

For decades, as literary editor, I have followed the growth of our creative writing in English. In my Solidaridad Bookshop, half of my stock…

— F. Sionil Jose

The fact that I am writing to you in English already falsifies what I wanted to tell you. My subject: how to explain to…

— Gustavo Perez Firmat

Speaking and writing English perfectly should not be a privilege. To those who try to politicize this matter, I tell them now, do not…

— Luis Fortuno

In Korean, my lyrics are witty and have twists. But translated into English, it doesn't come over. I've tried writing in English, just for…

— PSY

English has always been my musical language. When I started writing songs when I was 13 or 14, I started writing in English because…

— Olivia Merilahti

For me, writing in English is not an easy task.

— Sudha Murty

What I'm interested in is how people are reading and writing English.

— Erin McKean

I really like writing in English, and it's the best job I've ever had.

— Nell Zink

Writing in English is like throwing mud at a wall.

— Joseph Conrad

All my early books are written as if I were Indian. In England, I had started writing as if I were English; now I…

— Ruth Prawer Jhabvala

Often when you're an immigrant writing in English, people think it's primarily a commercial choice. But for many of us, it's a choice that…

— Edwidge Danticat

“The time is ripe for young Indian authors writing in the English language.”

— Anurag Shourie

“The fact that I am writing to you in English already falsifies what I wanted to tell you. My subject: how to explain to…

— Gustavo Pérez Firmat

Independent graphic novelists have already achieved good work in terms of design, but all these great minds are writing in English. There is a…

— Anurag Kashyap