Foreign Quote by Henry James

Translating is writing.

— Marguerite Yourcenar

That woman speaks eighteen languages, and can't say 'No' in any of them.

— Dorothy Parker

“she likes the sound of languages other than English.”

— Ken Liu

That woman speaks eight languages and can't say no in any of them.

— Dorothy Parker

I believe that each writer must decide in which language he or she is most comfortable.

— Wole Soyinka

One belongs to one's language as a writer.

— Joseph Brodsky

“That's a killer accent you have. Sounds exotic.” “Just British, I'm afraid. I only know a trifling of foreign tongues.” He plopped down onto…

— Bella Street

“All I require of a translator is that he or she be a more gifted writer than I am, and in at least two…

— Kurt Vonnegut

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

— Elie Wiesel

Whenever I visit Korea she [Kang] buys me lunch and takes me to a gallery. As if all this wasn't enough, she has incredible…

— Deborah Smith

“She must sense we’re annoyed because she unleashes a flurry of words that make me think at one point she’s speaking in a different…

— Alretha Thomas

She liked things that had been written by people who had lived short, ugly, and tragic lives. Or, who at least, were English.

— Joe Hill