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title: "23 Write English Quotes by 21 authors"
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> [We who write in English are fortunate to have the richest and most versatile language in the world. Respect it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/p-d-james/we-who-write-in-english-are-fortunate-to-have-the-richest-and-most/)

[P. D. James](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/p-d-james/)

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> [I love to write. English is my favorite subject in school.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/danielle-campbell/i-love-to-write-english-is-my-favorite-subject-in-school/)

[Danielle Campbell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/danielle-campbell/)

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> [“Let no one be fooled by the fact that we may write in English, for we intend to do unheard of things…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chinua-achebe/let-no-one-be-fooled-by-the-fact-that-we-may-write-in-english-for-we/)

[Chinua Achebe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chinua-achebe/)

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> [I think there are things I can't write in English that I wish I could write in Khmer.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chath-piersath/i-think-there-are-things-i-can-t-write-in-english-that-i-wish-i-could/)

[Chath Piersath](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chath-piersath/)

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> [I understand English; I read and write English perfectly, but the accent won't go away.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sofia-vergara/i-understand-english-i-read-and-write-english-perfectly-but-the/)

[Sofia Vergara](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sofia-vergara/)

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> [I write in English. My first album came out in Italy, and I toured and did gigs.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/violante-placido/i-write-in-english-my-first-album-came-out-in-italy-and-i-toured-and/)

[Violante Placido](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/violante-placido/)

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> [I write in English because I was raised in the States and educated in this language.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-alarcon/i-write-in-english-because-i-was-raised-in-the-states-and-educated-in/)

[Daniel Alarcon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-alarcon/)

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> [“It does not matter what you write in English nobody has understood it anyway.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/santosh-kalwar/it-does-not-matter-what-you-write-in-english-nobody-has-understood-it/)

[Santosh Kalwar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/santosh-kalwar/)

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> [Our everyday language has become encumbered, Germanic, artificial, bureaucratic, inorganic. It may not be exaggerated to say that by now American writers…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-lukacs/our-everyday-language-has-become-encumbered-germanic-artificial/)

[John Lukacs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-lukacs/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/374/john-lukacs-34182_alternatives_our-everyday-language-has-become-encumbe_424290.png)

> [It's difficult for me to write in English as it's not my first language, but French is even worse because of my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charlotte-gainsbourg/it-s-difficult-for-me-to-write-in-english-as-it-s-not-my-first/)

[Charlotte Gainsbourg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charlotte-gainsbourg/)

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> [That is one more reason why I write in English only right now. I prefer writing in the language I hear around…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yuriy-tarnawsky/that-is-one-more-reason-why-i-write-in-english-only-right-now-i/)

[Yuriy Tarnawsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yuriy-tarnawsky/)

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> [I cannot write in English, because of the treacherous spelling. When I am reading, I only hear it and am unable to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-einstein/i-cannot-write-in-english-because-of-the-treacherous-spelling-when-i/)

[Albert Einstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-einstein/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d58/albert-einstein-33_looks_i-cannot-write-in-english-because-of-the_277652.jpg)

> [“If you speak and write in English, or Spanish, or Chinese, or any other language, then only a certain percentage of human…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sherman-alexie/if-you-speak-and-write-in-english-or-spanish-or-chinese-or-any-other/)

[Sherman Alexie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sherman-alexie/)

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> [The New York Times is the worst in that hardly anybody can write English over there. Most of it reads like slight…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gore-vidal/the-new-york-times-is-the-worst-in-that-hardly-anybody-can-write/)

[Gore Vidal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gore-vidal/)

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> [I notice that you use plain, simple language, short words and brief sentences. That is the way to write English - it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-twain/i-notice-that-you-use-plain-simple-language-short-words-and-brief-2/)

[Mark Twain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-twain/)

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> [I write in English first, and then I translate to Spanish. I've always felt more comfortable with the English side of things…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-secada/i-write-in-english-first-and-then-i-translate-to-spanish-i-ve-always/)

[Jon Secada](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-secada/)

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> [“Writers in what we now call the Middle English period (late twelfth century to 1485) did not necessarily always write in English.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ronald-carter/writers-in-what-we-now-call-the-middle-english-period-late-twelfth/)

[Ronald Carter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ronald-carter/)

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> [I think I am less self-assured when I write English than I would be if I were writing in my first language.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louis-begley/i-think-i-am-less-self-assured-when-i-write-english-than-i-would-be/)

[Louis Begley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louis-begley/)

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> [“In order to speak and write the English language correctly, it is imperative that the fundamental principles of the Grammar be mastered,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-devlin/in-order-to-speak-and-write-the-english-language-correctly-it-is/)

[Joseph Devlin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-devlin/)

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> [Increase your word power. Words are the raw material of our craft. The greater your vocabulary the more ­effective your writing. We…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/p-d-james/increase-your-word-power-words-are-the-raw-material-of-our-craft-the/)

[P. D. James](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/p-d-james/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/148/p-d-james-2-8190_ears_increase-your-word-power-words-are-the-r_2990338.jpg)

> [There was - there still is - a big shortage of good Chinese-English literary translators. So for two years in London, I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/xiaolu-guo/there-was-there-still-is-a-big-shortage-of-good-chinese-english/)

[Xiaolu Guo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/xiaolu-guo/)

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> [Somehow, German just vanished at some point. We already started at an early stage to translate our albums, and at some point,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-kaulitz/somehow-german-just-vanished-at-some-point-we-already-started-at-an/)

[Bill Kaulitz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-kaulitz/)

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> [I think I'm an American writer writing about Latin America, and I'm a Latin American writer who happens to write in English.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-alarcon/i-think-i-m-an-american-writer-writing-about-latin-america-and-i-m-a/)

[Daniel Alarcon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-alarcon/)

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