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Writing In English Quotes

Writing in English was a major challenge. I didn’t want other songwriters to write for me. I wanted to preserve the spirit of my songs in Spanish. I am the same Shakira in English as I am in Spanish Picture Quote #1

Sonnets are guys writing in English, imitating an Italian song form. It was a form definitely sung as often as it was recited Picture Quote #1

Writing in English is the most ingenious torture ever devised for sins committed in previous lives. The English reading public explains the reason why Picture Quote #1

I’ve always enjoyed writing, I graduated with a degree in English; I’ve done bits of journalism Picture Quote #1

I’ve taken every writing class I’ve had available. I took classes in high school, and I took English and writing classes in community college, but I dropped out of college. I also attended a local writing workshop two years ago Picture Quote #1

In Korean, my lyrics are witty and have twists. But translated into English, it doesn’t come over. I’ve tried writing in English, just for me, but it doesn’t work. I’ve got to know everything about a culture, and I don’t Picture Quote #1

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Yeah, I know what your English Professor tried to tell you. But if your English Professor could make a living writing fiction, they would have been doing it Picture Quote #1

[Doing a bilingual album] helped artistically because whenever I got bored of writing in English, I would write in Spanish. It’s always cool when you have the choice Picture Quote #1

Too much of Indian writing in English, it seemed to me, consisted of middle-class people writing about other middle-class people - and a small slice of life being passed off as an authentic portrait of the country Picture Quote #1

For decades, as literary editor, I have followed the growth of our creative writing in English. In my Solidaridad Bookshop, half of my stock consists of Filipino books written in English and in the native languages Picture Quote #1

I wasn’t particularly good at school so always found essay writing hard, so I didn’t do that well at English or history, even though I enjoyed it Picture Quote #1

When I’m writing poetry, 99.9% of my writing begins in English. I spent most of my life in English, although I am bilingual Picture Quote #1

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I got a bit obsessed with the whole English language and was writing journals and poetry. I’ve always been intrigued about psychology and philosophy and how people’s minds work Picture Quote #1

I read a lot when I was in school in the United States, and even though writing in English is very difficult for me, I wrote in journals Picture Quote #1

Writing was something I have always been interested in. I’ve grown up in a household full of books, with both my parents English teachers and very booky Picture Quote #1

I was an English major in college, took a ton of creative writing courses, and was a newspaper reporter for 10 years Picture Quote #1

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Writing in English was a major challenge. I didn’t want other songwriters to write for me. I wanted to preserve the spirit of my songs in Spanish. I am the same Shakira in English as I am in Spanish (Writing In English Quotes) Sonnets are guys writing in English, imitating an Italian song form. It was a form definitely sung as often as it was recited (Writing In English Quotes) Writing in English is the most ingenious torture ever devised for sins committed in previous lives. The English reading public explains the reason why (Writing In English Quotes) I’ve always enjoyed writing, I graduated with a degree in English; I’ve done bits of journalism (Writing In English Quotes) I’ve taken every writing class I’ve had available. I took classes in high school, and I took English and writing classes in community college, but I dropped out of college. I also attended a local writing workshop two years ago (Writing In English Quotes) In Korean, my lyrics are witty and have twists. But translated into English, it doesn’t come over. I’ve tried writing in English, just for me, but it doesn’t work. I’ve got to know everything about a culture, and I don’t (Writing In English Quotes) Yeah, I know what your English Professor tried to tell you. But if your English Professor could make a living writing fiction, they would have been doing it (Writing In English Quotes) [Doing a bilingual album] helped artistically because whenever I got bored of writing in English, I would write in Spanish. It’s always cool when you have the choice (Writing In English Quotes) Too much of Indian writing in English, it seemed to me, consisted of middle-class people writing about other middle-class people - and a small slice of life being passed off as an authentic portrait of the country. (Writing In English Quotes) For decades, as literary editor, I have followed the growth of our creative writing in English. In my Solidaridad Bookshop, half of my stock consists of Filipino books written in English and in the native languages. (Writing In English Quotes) I wasn’t particularly good at school so always found essay writing hard, so I didn’t do that well at English or history, even though I enjoyed it. (Writing In English Quotes) When I’m writing poetry, 99.9% of my writing begins in English. I spent most of my life in English, although I am bilingual. (Writing In English Quotes) I got a bit obsessed with the whole English language and was writing journals and poetry. I’ve always been intrigued about psychology and philosophy and how people’s minds work. (Writing In English Quotes) I read a lot when I was in school in the United States, and even though writing in English is very difficult for me, I wrote in journals. (Writing In English Quotes) Writing was something I have always been interested in. I’ve grown up in a household full of books, with both my parents English teachers and very booky. (Writing In English Quotes) I was an English major in college, took a ton of creative writing courses, and was a newspaper reporter for 10 years (Writing In English Quotes)