Books Quote by Saad Ireland

“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

“Not everyone who knows how to write can be a writer. Not everyone who knows two languages can be a translator.”

— Nataly Kelly

“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

“I believe that to be an efficient writer, one must be able to write in more than one language. I know over seven languages.…

— Mitta Xinindlu

“Just because everybody uses language, that doesn't mean that they can write even tolerable prose.”

— Stephen Jones

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

— John Sutherland

“If I can write it, you can read it.”

— Anonymous

“Before you can write, you have to be able to read.”

— D.M. Russ

“we only read when you write”

— Ian Hunter

“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

“For me, personally, the point of writing is to connect me to this world, to my fellow humans. We are all miles apart. We…

— Matt Haig

“Because everyone uses language to talk, everyone thinks they can talk about language.”

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe