Quotes by Andrea Hirata

About Andrea Hirata:

Andrea Hirata is an Indonesian author best known for the 2005 novel Laskar Pelangi (The Rainbow Troops) and its sequels.
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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.

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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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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 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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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 Chines...

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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 fir...

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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 inno...

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It took me six novels before I felt confident of my voice as a writer.

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The treasure of a writer is to maintain their own style.

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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.

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I am the only one who is not married among my siblings.

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

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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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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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Biar kau tahu,Kal,orang seperti kita tak punya apa-apa kecuali semangat dan mimpi-mimpi,dan kita akan bertempur habis-habisan demi mimpi-mimpi itu

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bapanya tlh melepaskan belut yg licin itu, dan anknya baru shj meloncati nasib, merebut pendidikan!

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Jika ada hal lain yang sangat menakjubkan di dunia ini selain cinta, adalah sepakbola.

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orang2 yg menang di hidup tidak selalu kuat, cepat, pintar. pada akhirnya yang menang adalah orang yang percaya pada dirinya sendiri.

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...lelaki pendiam sesungguhnya memiliki rasa kasih sayang yang jauh berlebihan berbanding lelaki yang berlagak disiplin dan merepek sahaja mulutnya.

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

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Author Bio

  • NameAndrea Hirata
  • DescriptionIndonesian writer
  • CountryIndonesia
  • ProfessionAuthor