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English people are so trapped in this class paradigm.

We are weak, writing is difficult, but for my own sake I do not regret this journey, which has shown that Englishmen can endure hardships, help one another, and meet death with as great a fortitude as ever in the past.

There are so many people in the world who cannot read English or French or whatever.

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

I taught high school English for 24 years. I always teach my students to appreciate the beauty of language and to write poetically.

I get over a hundred letters a day from all over the world, from children and parents, and it's a wonder I ever have time to write books, let alone speak!

Curiously, the United States is full of writers who have one big work in their life and that's all.

I think people who write for kids, we have that ability to go back into our own lives.

Oddly enough, I never studied writing. I studied almost everything except writing.

I do a lot of writing. People don't actually know how much writing really I do.