What is patriotism but the love of the food one ate as a child?
I'm an escapist kind of writer.
If there is a State, then there is domination, and in turn, there is slavery.
The passion for destruction is also a creative passion.
Virtue is the truest nobility.
Glamour is what I sell, it's my stock in trade.
The more we have the less we own.
The first opera I went to see was Maria Callas singing 'Tosca'.
I'm always terrified when I'm writing.
Anticipate charity by preventing poverty.
On my albums, it's as though the parental advisory is built in.
Before there were unions, there was no middle class.
Eventually, all that one has learnt will have to be forgotten.
As long as I live, so long do I learn.
Always strive to excel, but only on weekends.
Kita bersyukur masyarakat Indonesia kini bebas berekspresi. Protes & kritik wajar, selama tidak memfitnah & merusak.
Indonesia bukan hanya alami reformasi, tapi lakukan transformasi seperti negara yg sudah lebih maju.
The poets are only the interpreters of the gods.
It is better for the heart to break, than not to break.
My pleasure was to copy, not to create.
I'm very fond of piano players.
