“ You don't actually have to understand the song to be emotionally moved and uplifted, whereas with language it becomes quirky and analytical. Warwick Thornton Film Director
“ Having an international voice is not really about whether we speak Persian or any other language. Abbas Kiarostami Film Director
“ I don't speak anything very well. The longer that you travel, you find out that you really don't even need to speak the language to get around and get things done, to live in those places. If you're somewhat resourceful and perceptive, you're pretty much going to know what's going on because human nature is human nature: they understand it, you understand it, and it works. Alan Bishop
“ How quickly a zek (a prisoner) gets cheeky-or, putting it in literary language, how quickly a man's requirements grow. Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn Novelist
“ My poems and prose are not often in direct conversation with each other, but there's so much crossover - everything that comes out of that crucible of language - that working in poetry and prose is energizing - to me as a writer and to the work itself. Alex Lemon Poet