Author Profile
Paulo Coelho
1947 • Brazilian • Novelist
117
Total Quotes
Collected Meditations
Showing 117 quotesIt's not difficult for me to put my feelings into written form. I try to be concise and to go direct to the subject. This is what people like about my work, and what the critics hate.— Paulo Coelho
I am not a self-help writer. I am a self-problem writer. When people read my books, I provoke some things. I cannot justify my work. I do my work; it is up to them to classify it, to judge.— Paulo Coelho
I can't consciously explain how people feel after reading my books. All is too personal.— Paulo Coelho
I am a Catholic because I choose to be a Catholic. And then I go to the Mass because I choose. It is out of my free will.— Paulo Coelho
Writing is a solitary experience. I'm extremely superstitious. If I talk about the book or name the title out loud before finishing, I feel the energy I need to write will be drained. It's so intimate, I can't even share it with my wife.— Paulo Coelho
I believe enlightenment or revelation comes in daily life. I look for joy, the peace of action. You need action. I'd have stopped writing years ago if it were for the money.— Paulo Coelho
Of course, to have money is just great because you can do what you think is important to you.— Paulo Coelho
My literature is much more the result of a paradox than that of an implacable logic, typical of police novels. The paradox is the tension that exists in my soul.— Paulo Coelho
This may sound a little bit idealistic, but when I go to my blog, my Facebook page, my Twitter account, I talk to different people from all over the world, and you see how it's easy to establish a dialogue.— Paulo Coelho