Fortunate Quote by P. D. James

“Just like money, we take writing for granted. Everybody reads and writes. No big deal. Actually, though, only a few hundred of the six…

— Mark David Ledbetter

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

Language is the writer's only tool - we really don't have anything else - but our language contains within it our entire experience of…

— Alice McDermott

English of course is your major tool, but it is not nearly so important as other aspects of writing for example you have to…

— Leon Uris

Those of us who write spend our entire lives in an endless English class.

— Joss Whedon

Our everyday language has become encumbered, Germanic, artificial, bureaucratic, inorganic. It may not be exaggerated to say that by now American writers face but…

— John Lukacs

The world is richer than it is possible to express in any single language.

— Ilya Prigogine

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 really like writing in English, and it's the best job I've ever had.

— Nell Zink

Language is the tool of my trade -and I use them all - all the Englishes I grew up with

— Amy Tan

English is a very expressive language.

— Ken Watanabe

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

— Daniel Alarcon