Problems Quote by Elif Batuman

When I came to America, I was already a writer, already published in Bosnia. I was planning to go back, but I had no…

— Aleksandar Hemon

I always lived in a multilingual society (Polish-Ukrainian, German-Ukrainian, English-Ukrainian), and was open to outside linguistic influences. I think it was within three years…

— Yuriy Tarnawsky

Actually, I've taught creative writing in Turkey, at an English language university, where the students were native Turkish speakers, but they were writing their…

— Elif Batuman

I taught English and history, so my education for that really helped prepare me for writing historical fiction.

— Candace Camp

I went to an international school in Holland, and I didn't have any memories of growing up in the United States or England or…

— Joseph O'Neill

I've always loved writing, and my heritage has been interesting, growing up in a bi-cultural family. My mother being Vietnamese and my father being…

— Mylene Dinh-Robic

The story of my grandmother is that of a French woman from the provinces who through her perseverance and thirst for knowledge worked her…

— Emmanuel Macron

I had the most incredible English and literature teachers in school, and it really influenced my love of storytelling. It's what made me excited…

— Sophia Bush

After high school, I went to Stanford University and majored in English. Of course, that gave me a chance to do lots more reading…

— Linda Sue Park

After working as a journalist I went to a writing program at Johns Hopkins. It was interesting because it was neither journalistic nor historical,…

— Iris Chang

I loved English, and I did very well in it. A lot of teachers encouraged me to write, and because of that, it later…

— Sharon Creech

I was an English-literature major, and that's all about stories and narratives.

— Rachel Weisz