Women in Thai society have been placed in the space of the home. It is possible that women have assuredly taken up that place without thinking too critically about it.

I'm still useful in my capacity as an arts educator and caretaker for the stray dogs.

What is difficult is to keep the sweet voice with an aggressive message.

I eventually shifted to video. Video opened up new conditions, or freed me from old conditions.

In academic circles, especially, I was criticized for lacking morals, values, and ethics. I'm feeding that angry feminist reading of my work.

Thai society rarely attempts to control literature in the same way that it vigilantly polices visual art. It's ironic because people in this society are more aware of literature than they are of art.

It's surprising that readers don't see challenging writing as morally hazardous, when it might be pushing the same kinds of boundaries as art does.

There might just be a universal expectation to respect the dead, but my work is also born from another aspect of Thai society - that is, the overemphasis on familial bonds.

I extol life so much that I cannot make art.

The more the level of insecurity is reduced, the more the level of faith will grow.

Accept loyalty gratefully, and accept betrayal with a smile, knowing that it teaches you life lessons.

I love looking up at the stars because they make me believe that some things in this world are permanent.

Some days being a writer consists of telling yourself you aren't insane, your characters are.

Leadership is about doing what you know is right - even when a growing din of voices around you is trying to convince you to accept what you know to be wrong.

It means nothing to be open to a proposition we don't understand.

When it came to kissing, Harlow was the best.

I understand that people have a critical mind towards my position. And receive a lot of confusion too.

The writer's job is not to write a novel, hold it up and say, “Here I am,” but to write a novel, hold it up and say, “Here YOU are.

Natural rights [are] the objects for the protection of which society is formed and municipal laws established.