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I am the only one who is not married among my siblings.
Andrea Hirata
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I am a working person. I always work, study or do research for my novel. I even work on Sunday.
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I want to write books that can truly become a legacy and bring benefits to people.
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I am a writer who has a policy to allocate 90 percent of my time for research and the remaining 10 percent to write.
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When I was a child, I saw in the news that a person from Belitung had done well in sports in Jakarta, and I just couldn't imagine that it was possible for someone from here to become famous, and it's still very isolated out here.
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One of the challenges is creating characters. I am trying to compose my sentences to express epic events happening to ordinary people.
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Indonesian writers are so far behind in terms of global exposure compared with the Philippines and Japanese writers.
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I changed the course of my life, from the rigidity of mathematics and the corporate rhythm to a more bohemian world.
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I've backpacked to countries like Italy and Turkey and observed beautiful scenery, but then I realized that beauty was always very close to me. It is here in Belitung Island, where the rivers, beaches and the terrain captivate my attention most.
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It turns out that popularity is scary. I don't feel comfortable receiving so much attention from people; perhaps that's because I'm just a kampong boy.
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