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““Sudah kukatakan padamu, Kawan, di negeri ini, mengharapkan bahagia datang dari pemerintah, agak sedikit riskan””

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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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I'm a simple hillbilly. I don't like eating modern, industrialized, fast food. I grew up eating home-cooked food. So when I'm traveling abroad, like…

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

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“Lintang was very rational; Mahar was a daydreamer. Mahar was easily inspired by just about anything. Like Lint- ang, Mahar also was a true…

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“..kerja Tuhan tidak boleh diramal...nasib, usaha dan takdir bagaikan tiga bukit biru samar-samar yang memeluk manusia dalam lena".”

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“Kawan, di kampung kami kebenaran harganya hanya seribu lima ratus perak. Warnanya hitam, bergenang di dalam gelas, saban pagi.”

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“Kawan, menurut ketentuan agama, tak boleh diamkan jika orang tua bertanya lebih dari tiga kali.”

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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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“...ilmu demikian luas untuk disombongkan...”

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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…

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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…

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My story is the story of forgotten people and the voice of the voiceless.

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