Paulo Coelho
Paulo Coelho
Paulo Coelho de Souzais a Brazilian lyricist and novelist. He is the recipient of numerous international awards, amongst them the Crystal Award by the World Economic Forum. His novel The Alchemist has been translated into 80 languages. The author has sold over 200 million copies worldwide and is the all-time bestselling Portuguese language author...
NationalityBrazilian
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth24 August 1947
CityRio de Janeiro, Brazil
CountryBrazil
I tweet in the morning and the evening. To write 12 hours a day, there is a moment when you're really tired. It's my relaxing time.
With all due respect, the Mona Lisa is overrated.
Culture makes people understand each other better. And if they understand each other better in their soul, it is easier to overcome the economic and political barriers. But first they have to understand that their neighbour is, in the end, just like them, with the same problems, the same questions.
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.
Perseverance brings good luck.
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.
The first spiritual quality we need to have is not faith; it is courage.
Love is the glue that keeps the stars in place.
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.
I don't choose. Normally it's the book that chooses me.
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.
Brazil is my way to see the world. Being born in that country means: "you don't have a wall separating the physical reality from the magical reality."
I am going to die. But I am going to die in peace because I lived my life as intensely as I could.
Walking is almost as important as breathing, for me.