And when I came to the US, I didn't speak the language, but I ended up drawing stick figures to sort of express my ideas and also be understood.

我刚来到美国的时候还不会说英文，然后我通过画简笔画来表达自己的想法，大家也都看懂了。

Because in my third-grade mind if you told me to draw a fireplace I would draw two sticks and a fire and smoke in the fireplace unless you told me not to.

因为在我三年级的时候，如果你让我画一个壁炉，我会画两根棍子和壁炉里的火和烟，除非你告诉我不要画。