Vonnegut and Vienna

While gathering research today for my try at teaching creative writing this fall, I stumbled upon this quote from Kurt Vonnegut. I think you'll appreciate it, Vienna:

"The writing style which is most natural for you is bound to echo the speech you heard when a child. English was Conrad's third language, and much that seems piquant in his use of English was no doubt colored by his first language, which was Polish. And lucky indeed is the writer who has grown up in Ireland, for the English spoken there is so amusing and musical."

This is an excerpt from "How to Write with Style" by Vonnegut.