English Quote by Elmore Leonard

“The writer's job is to turn the unspeakable into words - not just any words, but, if you can, into rhythm and blues.”

— Anne Lamott

“Let no one be fooled by the fact that we may write in English, for we intend to do unheard of things with it.”

— Chinua Achebe

“Writing can be learned, but not taught.”

— Robert Heinlein

“language – particularly the language writers use – cannot be set in stone. It is a living, organic, ever-changing thing.”

— John Sutherland

“The role of a writer is not to say what we can all say, but what we are unable to say.”

— Anais Nin

“Language only has the lack of imagination as a barrier.”

— Anthony T. Hincks

“Our sense of what American English is has upended our relationship to articulateness, our approach to writing, and how (and whether) we impart it…

— John McWhorter

“As a writer, one spends a lifetime journeying into the heart of language, trying to minimize, if not eliminate, the distance between language and…

— Arundhati Roy

“I show that I have understood a writer only when I can act in his spirit, when, without constricting his individuality, I can translate…

— Novalis

“There are a lot of human experiences that challenge the limits of our language,”

— Ava Dellaira

“I was no longer able to hear the music that issues from a decent piece of prose.”

— Carlos Ruiz Zafón

“Stories open the door to the darkened room. Language can carry us past the horror to the sense of purpose in a life that…

— Dorothy Allison