“Some friends gladly stay, some move away. Some come and go, but their affections grow. While some, I recall, are not friends at all.”

“Rahasiaku produktif menulis? Hanya satu kata: NIAT.”

“If there were two enemies hating each other for a long time, to me, the winner would be the one who finally has the courage to forgive.”

“Perhaps people hate because it's more difficult to love. It also takes more courage to do the latter.”

“If you want something new, you have to stop doing something old”

“I can't understand why people are frightened of new ideas. I'm frightened of the old ones.”

“Each voice carries a portion of value, no matter how unpalatable or distasteful that voice may be: no one person, government, ideology, transnational, or religious institution can own and dominate ...”

“And by the way, everything in life is writable about if you have the outgoing guts to do it, and the imagination to improvise. The worst enemy to creativity is self-doubt.”

“You must stay drunk on writing so reality cannot destroy you.”

“The road to hell is paved with adverbs.”