Writing in English was a major challenge. I didn't want…

Be careful. I wouldn’t want anything to happen to the worst Spanish student in the history of the language.” I laughed. “No problemo.

— Kiersten White

Columbia University, where I went to study in 1993, insisted its undergraduates learn a foreign language, so I discovered French.

— Aravind Adiga

“A mí todo aquello me era insoportable, pues no estoy hecho de la madera de los que aguantan a los tontos con absoluta resignación.”

— T. Lobsang Rampa

I'm not very good at standard English.

— James Nesbitt

I like English football, Spanish football, Italian football. I like all of them.

— Hulk

One of my favorite poets, Neruda, writes close to the bone. Though I know only a little Spanish, I like to compare the Spanish…

— Anita Diament

No matter what you do, black lace tends to look a little Spanish.

— Nicole Miller

I can't put this down. I'm reading it in Spanish but I am still having English lessons. It is a motivational book about basketball…

— Bojan Krkic

I was told many times that my writing was either too Korean - or not Korean enough.

— Min Jin Lee

I learned Spanish as my second language from middle school through high school. I grew up volunteering at homeless shelters and tutoring kids of…

— Eric Nam

Guys standing around and talking about Spanish fly: 'You know anything about Spanish fly?' 'No, tell me about it.' Well there's this girl Crazy…

— Bill Cosby

I can speak French but I cannot understand it.

— Mark Twain

The Spanish never appreciated me like the British.

— Seve Ballesteros

My parents were both Spanish-speakers and they used to speak to me and my siblings in Spanish and we'd answer them in English.

— America Ferrera

I speak three other languages - Serbian, French, and Italian - but typically read in English.

— Stana Katic