Words matter. These are the best Andrea Hirata Quotes, and they’re great for sharing with your friends.
I am a writer who has a policy to allocate 90 percent of my time for research and the remaining 10 percent to write.
The treasure of a writer is to maintain their own style.
I want to write books that can truly become a legacy and bring benefits to people.
I think what matters most in literary work is the context, not the text.
One of the challenges is creating characters. I am trying to compose my sentences to express epic events happening to ordinary people.
I changed the course of my life, from the rigidity of mathematics and the corporate rhythm to a more bohemian world.
I am the only one who is not married among my siblings.
As a writer, I can’t really take days off. Writing is like creating an art. Once you stop writing, you can lose your rhythm and context, meaning that your writing may lose its power.
From a building right in front of my windows, I can observe the speed of the sunrises and sunsets. The voices of children playing, laughing, yelling, and crying on the playground crawl up to the eighth floor, where I write. Their voices sound so innocent from a distance.
I’m a small-town boy who comes from a traditional family on a tiny island called Belitung. I may not know where I’m going, but I’ll always know where to come home to.
Indonesian writers are so far behind in terms of global exposure compared with the Philippines and Japanese writers.
