If you have a craftsman's command of the language and basic writing techniques you'll be able to write - as long as you know what you want to say.
“Ping-pong was invented on the dining tables of England in the 19th century, and it was called Wiff-waff! And there, I think, you have the difference between us and the rest of the world. Other nations, the French, looked at a dining table and saw an opportunity to have dinner; we looked at it an saw”