Aung San Suu Kyi

I felt that it was my duty not to senselessly waste my time. And since I didn't want to waste my time, I tried to accomplish as much as possible.

Maybe it is something to do with age, but I have become fonder of poetry than of prose.

I think sometimes if you are alone, you are freer because your time is your own.

Even one voice can be heard loudly all over the world in this day and age.

I could listen to the radio and I had access to books from time to time. Not all the time.

There is a time to be quiet and a time to talk.

Of course I regret not having been able to spend time with my family.

I look forward to trying the Internet.

We will not change in matters of policy until such time as dialogue has begun.

I learned to work on a computer years before I was placed under house arrest. Fortunately I had two laptops when I was under house arrest - one an Apple and one a different operating system. I was very proud of that because I know how to use both systems.

If you look at the democratic process as a game of chess, there have to be many, many moves before you get to checkmate. And simply because you do not make any checkmate in three moves does not mean it's stalemate. There's a vast difference between no checkmate and stalemate. This is what the democratic process is like.

I think I should be active politically. Because I look upon myself as a politician. That's not a dirty work you know. Some people think that there are something wrong with politicians. Of course, something wrong with some politicians.