Complexity Quote by Zadie Smith

Its very variety, subtlety, and utterly irrational, idiomatic complexity makes it possible to say things in English which simply cannot be said in any…

— Robert A. Heinlein

The air of the English is down-to-earth. They care about details; there's a tradition, but there's also a counter-culture: the younger generation versus the…

— Tadashi Yanai

Standard English is very imperialistic, controlled, and precise; it's not got a lot of funk or soul to it.

— Irvine Welsh

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

“We think of English as a fortress to be defended, but a better analogy is to think of English as a child. We love…

— Kory Stamper

English is such a deliciously complex and undisciplined language, we can bend, fuse, distort words to all our purposes. We give old words new…

— Willard Gaylin

“The problem with defending the purity of the English language is that English is about as pure as a cribhouse whore. We don't just…

— James D. Nicoll

English is the largest of human tongues, with several times the vocabulary of the second largest language -- this alone made it inevitable that…

— Robert A. Heinlein

Modern English, especially written English, is full of bad habits which spread by imitation and which can be avoided if one is willing to…

— George Orwell

“English is not merely a language anymore; it has become a way of life for millions of non-native English speakers around the world.”

— M.F. Moonzajer

Most people who bother with the matter at all would admit that the English language is in a bad way, but it is generally…

— George Orwell

English has more flexibility. It's a very plastic, very shapeable, very expressive language. In that sense it feels quite natural.

— Ha Jin