Latest Paulo Coelho Quotes from Interviews

• The first spiritual quality we need to have is not faith; it is courage.

  Paulo Coelho

  Spiritual, Quality, Needs

  "Paulo Coelho: Author of The Alchemist". Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.

• I don't make plans. I live my life on a daily basis.

  Paulo Coelho

  Living My Life, I Live My Life, Plans

  "Paulo Coelho: Author of The Alchemist". Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.

• Love is the glue that keeps the stars in place.

  Paulo Coelho

  Stars, Love Is, Glue

• I am going to die. But I am going to die in peace because I lived my life as intensely as I could.

  Paulo Coelho

  Dies

  "Paulo Coelho: Author of The Alchemist". Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.

• Walking is almost as important as breathing, for me.

  Paulo Coelho

  Breathing, Important, Walking

  Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com. 2014.

• Perseverance brings good luck.

  Paulo Coelho

  Perseverance, Good Luck, Luck

  "Paulo Coelho: Author of The Alchemist". Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.

• Walking helps me a lot to feel alive, and I do this every single day, my wife and I. We have long conversations about nature, and we also walk silently, just contemplating.

  Paulo Coelho

  Wife, Long, Alive

• I am not saying that I am different, but I don't have emotional pain. I may be angry and I may be peaceful, but no emotional pain.

  Paulo Coelho

  Pain, Emotional, Peaceful

  "Paulo Coelho: Author of The Alchemist". Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.

• Even if I live not in a big city, even if I detest to go to parties, I love street fairs and long conversations with people in the countryside.

  Paulo Coelho

  Party, Cities, Long

  "Paulo Coelho: Author of The Alchemist". Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.

• The issue is not answering questions, but leaving discussions open. Not in the sense that probably one day you are going to have an answer or you are not going to have an answer. Just live your life, do what you have to do, what you are enthusiastic about doing.

  Paulo Coelho

  Issues, Live Your Life, Leaving

• I am very present in my work and my work is somehow an expression of my soul, but at the same time I think that a writer cannot write out of nothing.

  Paulo Coelho

  Writing, Thinking, Expression

• You have two types of writers: one like Proust who was locked in his room and wrote the masterpiece. And the other type was Hemingway who celebrated life and also wrote a masterpiece.

  Paulo Coelho

  Two, Rooms, Proust

• You need to change yourself. The moment that you change yourself it is a gigantic step. And this is what I do. The book is much more important than the writer.

  Paulo Coelho

  Book, Important, Needs

• I write because I need to share my thoughts with the audience.

  Paulo Coelho

  Writing, Needs, Share

• I don't know if the books are making the world a much better place. I don't write with that objective. What I know is that I see my readers creating a critical mass so we can at least understand this world in a different way.

  Paulo Coelho

  Book, Writing, Creating

• I don't choose. Normally it's the book that chooses me.

  Paulo Coelho

  Book, Choose Me

• I am a person that is very curious about what is going on in the world and there are a lot of subjects to write about, you meet a lot of interesting people. But one idea will be there and it will show up without any logic. It is a book that has been written in my heart before it is written into sentences.

  Paulo Coelho

  Book, Writing, Heart

• I think the more information you can get, the better you can find information for your own purposes.

  Paulo Coelho

  Thinking, Purpose, Information

• People are reading more and writing more because of the internet. So the virtual world is a way for me to listen to my readers and interact with my readers. It is a way that they can voice their opinion.

  Paulo Coelho

  Reading, Writing, Voice

• I like to be challenged with language, so I start to do texts for my blogs that people can download, can spread. There is no commercial interest behind it. It's only for fun, like doing something that you really enjoy to do. I have texts that I write specifically for the internet and I put them there. I am interested in how readers also respond to the texts that I write to them.

  Paulo Coelho

  Fun, Writing, People

• As a writer I have to find platforms that can use this writing process. The internet is one of them.

  Paulo Coelho

  Writing, Use, Internet

• I feel it's my duty as a human being, as a person who is trying - like everybody else who thinks about the state of the world - to enhance the importance of multicultural connection.

  Paulo Coelho

  Thinking, Trying, Connections

• As long as you still have one bridge left, nothing is lost. But from the moment that you cannot even understand the storytelling or the music of other cultures anymore, then we become strangers to each other and the situation will become very complicated.

  Paulo Coelho

  Other Cultures, Bridges, Long

• For a writer you have to be interested in different cultures, different backgrounds. You are not there to write only about your village. You're there to show a bit of your village, but also to understand other villages.

  Paulo Coelho

  Writing, Different, Culture

• I am a very good archer. I use archery as my way of meditation. I cannot sit down and just meditate in the classical sense. I am very active. So, I use archery. I have my bow, my arrow and I use this tension and relaxation in the second after throwing the arrow. And it is my way to meditate and this is the only thing that clears my mind. When I do archery, I am totally there with my bow, my target, my arrow, and I don't think, I am communion with the universe.

  Paulo Coelho

  Archer, Thinking, Arrows

  "Best selling author of The Alchemist". Interview with Amina Chaudary, www.theislamicmonthly.com. November 3, 2014.

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