Am Quote by F. Sionil Jose

I think there are things I can't write in English that I wish I could write in Khmer.

— Chath Piersath

For decades, as literary editor, I have followed the growth of our creative writing in English. In my Solidaridad Bookshop, half of my stock…

— F. Sionil Jose

When I was a teenager, I thought how great it would be if only I could write novels in English. I had the feeling…

— Haruki Murakami

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

— Hallgrimur Helgason

I can speak Esperanto like a native.

— Spike Milligan

“Would-be writers often ask me, do I ever get writer's block! I tell them, you get writer's block when you're imprisoned in one language…

— Abhijit Naskar

I was writing in English since my school days in Amritsar.

— Deepti Naval

That is one more reason why I write in English only right now. I prefer writing in the language I hear around me for…

— Yuriy Tarnawsky

You cannot write in more than one language. Words don't come out as well.

— Elie Wiesel

Sometimes I fantasize about learning to write in Khmer. Because if I could write in Khmer, my perspective would be very different, because I'm…

— Chath Piersath

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

I write in English because I was raised in the States and educated in this language.

— Daniel Alarcon