Alive Quote by Daniel Tammet

Of course, English is a very powerful language, a colonizer's language and a gift to a writer. English has destroyed and sucked up the…

— Louise Erdrich

I always loved English because whatever human beings are, we are storytellers. It is our stories that give a light to the future. When…

— Nikki Giovanni

English was always my favorite subject.

— Aishwarya R. Dhanush

“We think of English as a fortress to be defended, but a better analogy is to think of English as a child. We love…

— Kory Stamper

I love to write. English is my favorite subject in school.

— Danielle Campbell

In an idealized world, we would all be able to do what our English teachers told us to do, which is to write beautiful…

— Will Schwalbe

English, as a subject, never really got over its upstart nature. It tries to bulk itself up with hopeless jargon and specious complexity, tries…

— Zadie Smith

When you fall in love with a book, something especially interesting and exciting is happening because of the way language works on us as…

— Ali Smith

Much of the rest of the world has already learned some English. They pretty much understand the American way of doing things, because our…

— Bill Vaughan

“A schoolchild should be taught grammar--for the same reason that a medical student should study anatomy. Having learned about the exciting mysteries of an…

— Anonymous

We are never half so interesting when we have learned that language is given us to enable us to conceal our thoughts.

— Anonymous

English of course is your major tool, but it is not nearly so important as other aspects of writing for example you have to…

— Leon Uris