Country Quote by Hallgrimur Helgason

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

— Daniel Alarcon

England gave me a language and literature, the basis of what I am as a writer, but when I started writing more directly about…

— Ruth Prawer Jhabvala

I was born abroad, but my parents were both English. Still, those few years of separation, and then coming back to England as an…

— Rachel Cusk

I wanted to learn a few foreign languages, and therefore I had to go abroad.

— Ella Maillart

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

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 had the opportunity to travel to America when I was younger and learned the language.

— Rodri

Often when you're an immigrant writing in English, people think it's primarily a commercial choice. But for many of us, it's a choice that…

— Edwidge Danticat

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

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

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

— Deepti Naval

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