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Happiness is actually found in simple things, such as taking my nephew around the island by bicycle or seeing the stars at night. We go to coffee shops or see airplanes land at the airport.

~Andrea Hirata

Topics: Actually Airplane Airport Around Bicycle Coffee Coffee Shops Found Go Happiness Island Land Nephew Night See Seeing Shops Simple Simple Things Stars Taking Things

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The decision to write full-time meant I couldn't afford to buy a house. A friend kindly offered me the use of his apartment in a thirty-six-story building full of newlywed couples in the southern area of Jakarta. I didn't like my working space at first, but the scenery and everything going on outside have worked their magic on me.

~Andrea Hirata

Topics: Afford Apartment Area Building Buy Couples Decision Everything First Friend Full Full-Time Going His House Kindly Like Magic Me Meant Offered Outside Scenery Southern Space Use Worked Working Write

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I want to write books that can truly become a legacy and bring benefits to people.

~Andrea Hirata

Topics: Become Benefits Books Bring Legacy People Truly Want Write

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Writing is taking a risk, and it is actually fighting invisible and invincible enemies. They are over-confidence, stupidity, expectation and narcissism.

~Andrea Hirata

Topics: Actually Enemies Expectation Fighting Invincible Invisible Narcissism Risk Stupidity Taking Writing

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I think writers of memoirs need to be respected for the bold decision they take to bare their lives open. That alone should be enough. The things I write about, if you notice, are sensitive issues for a lot of people. If I told you my age, they would get ideas. The next thing you know they'll be filing lawsuits against me.

~Andrea Hirata

Topics: About Against Age Alone Bare Bold Decision Enough Filing Get Ideas Issues Know Lawsuits Lives Lot Me Memoirs Need Next Next Thing Notice Open People Respected Sensitive Should Take Thing Things Think Would Write Writers You I Think I Write

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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.

~Andrea Hirata

Topics: Art Context Creating Days Like Lose May Meaning Off Once Power Really Rhythm Stop Take Writer Writing You Your

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It's hard to be a minority. People look at you a different way, like you don't belong, and I don't think many people realize just how difficult it is to live as a minority. Where I come from, we learn to tolerate one another. Whether one is of Chinese descent or Malay descent, what matters is we're part of the same country, the same world.

~Andrea Hirata

Topics: Another Belong Chinese Come Country Descent Different Different Way Difficult Hard How Just Learn Like Live Look Many Matters Minority Part People Realize Same Think Tolerate Way Where Whether World You

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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.

~Andrea Hirata

Topics: Always Boy Come Family Going Home Island Know May Small-Town Tiny Traditional Traditional Family Where Who I May Not

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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.

~Andrea Hirata

Topics: Building Children Crawl Crying Distance Eighth Floor Front Innocent Laughing Observe Playground Playing Right Sound Speed Sunsets Up Voices Where Windows Write Yelling I Can I Write

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I think what matters most in literary work is the context, not the text.

~Andrea Hirata

Topics: Context Literary Literary Work Matters Most Text Think Work I Think

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Biography

Nationality: Indonesian

Type: Author

Born: Unknown

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