Community Quote by Amber Liu

I don't really want the kind of Englishness that I have represented.

— Toby Stephens

When I came here I moved to London and I was meeting so many new people and had to speak only in English, which…

— Saara Aalto

Writing in English made me become a foreigner in my own country. It helped me create the necessary distance to my homeland.

— Hallgrimur Helgason

Through panel moderations and talks around culture, politics and identity I gradually gained opportunities to write in my own voice and not that of…

— Michael Salu

But it's the love of audience that encourages you to try out better things each time and I feel elated that I have the…

— Ashish Vidyarthi

I'm always going to be working on my English, and I'm always going to work on my English so that I can do different…

— Diego Luna

I used language because I wanted to offer content that people - not necessarily art people - could understand.

— Jenny Holzer

My use of language is part and parcel of my message.

— Theo Van Gogh

Writing in another language gives me an additional freedom, an additional way of thinking. It's a challenge, but I like the challenge.

— Elif Safak

English is the only interesting thing that's left in my life.

— Joseph Brodsky

I have my own language and it's high time I put a little of it out there.

— Paul Westerberg

I've always felt very English.

— David Hockney