I'll do as I please. My mind is not to be imprisoned.

A mother knows what her child's gone through, even if she didn't see it herself.

Do not underestimate the human being, who sometimes appears so simple. Even with sight as sharp as an eagle, a mind as sharp as a razor, senses more powerful than gods, hearing that can catch the music and the lamentations of life, your knowledge of humanity will never be total.

I happen to be pretty productive when I am in jail. When you are in jail, you have to spend more time with yourself.

Painting is literature in colors. Literature is painting in language.

Let us see whether it is the New Order or me who will be the loser before Indonesian history. I have won. The New Order has fallen and my writings have been translated into 40 languages.

Every book that is banned is a badge of honor.