It’s kind of an ironic that I became a teacher for bachelor and master degree students. I wasn’t a good student at all. I am more of a sports person.
Reading is a knot that has tied me up from going astray. While my friends went playing snooker or bowling, I went home to read.
A high school kid can easily become self-obsessed. Once an article of mine was published, I began to think writing was “my thing.”
My family was upset when I told them I wouldn’t inherit the family business.
I don’t want to have a lot of money and not have a life. I want to have just enough and be able to live my life the way I want.
Life shouldn’t be kept or carried. Life should be spent.
I tell my students every year that you don’t have to be good at studying—what’s important is to be good at learning. If you don’t get tired with socializing, you shouldn’t get tired with learning, either.
Knowledge is what we must seek. It’s everywhere—on the BTS, in bookstores, in coffee shops and in the mall. It’s up to us whether or not we notice it.
If you work in the media, you have to be one step ahead of everyone else.
There might be some things that you think are not really “you,” but as a writer, you have to experience them for yourself, anyway.
I don’t drink, but I like to go to clubs because I feel that there is culture there for me to observe.
Some people think I’m pessimistic. I praise 70% of the movies I see, but the rest I disparage. And when I criticize, I’m very straightforward.
I don’t bother with nonsense. Some, like Sor Jed, say that I wear Greyhound clothes, so I must be gay. Think what you like. I don’t care.
The value of a critical article is only proven by time. If there is a rumor about you but you keep doing your job well, you’ll be fine. If I knew nothing or I was as bad as they say I am, I wouldn’t have survived in this industry as long as I have.
No matter how famous you are, if you stop producing quality work, society won’t give you the space to stand.
In one sense, I’m a very romantic person, but when I do a job that has an impact on society, I need to be aggressive. What would happen if critics only said good things?
One can’t be satisfied with just flattery—you have to look at criticism and judge if it’s true.
My favorite film is Stand by Me. This movie is not perfect but it has an impact on me and it makes me cry.
Citizen Kane is a perfect and complete film, but I don’t even like it.
Gabriel Garcia Marquez’s One Hundred Years of Solitude makes me see that a terrible solitude at one time might unlock in you a valuable treasure at another.
I feel happy shopping. During the World Cup, I spent B300,000 at the Adidas Original shop. If you don’t believe me, go ask the shop’s staff at Siam.
