--- title: "19 Write Quotes By Paulo Coelho" description: "19 Write quotes by Paulo Coelho. Plus more from Paulo Coelho and more Write sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9c1/paulo-coelho-10_audience_i-write-because-i-need-to-share-my-thoug_2658090.jpg" --- > [I write because I need to share my thoughts with the audience.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paulo-coelho/i-write-because-i-need-to-share-my-thoughts-with-the-audience/) [Paulo Coelho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paulo-coelho/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9c1/paulo-coelho-10_audience_i-write-because-i-need-to-share-my-thoug_2658090.jpg) > [It took me 40 years to write my first book.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paulo-coelho/it-took-me-40-years-to-write-my-first-book/) [Paulo Coelho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paulo-coelho/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a63/paulo-coelho-10_book_it-took-me-40-years-to-write-my-first-bo_1121216.jpg) > [Books are not about messages. I write to understand my soul](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paulo-coelho/books-are-not-about-messages-i-write-to-understand-my-soul/) [Paulo Coelho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paulo-coelho/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c90/paulo-coelho-10_book_books-are-not-about-messages-i-write-to_2879001.jpg) > [I write to empty my mind and to fill my heart.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paulo-coelho/i-write-to-empty-my-mind-and-to-fill-my-heart/) [Paulo Coelho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paulo-coelho/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ea9/paulo-coelho-10_advice_i-write-to-empty-my-mind-and-to-fill-my_2770444.jpg) > [I am very present in my work and my work is somehow an expression of my soul, but at the same time…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paulo-coelho/i-am-very-present-in-my-work-and-my-work-is-somehow-an-expression-of/) [Paulo Coelho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paulo-coelho/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1d6/paulo-coelho-10_expression_i-am-very-present-in-my-work-and-my-work_2064817.jpg) > [I write from my soul. This is the reason that critics don't hurt me, because it is me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paulo-coelho/i-write-from-my-soul-this-is-the-reason-that-critics-don-t-hurt-me/) [Paulo Coelho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paulo-coelho/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c49/paulo-coelho-10_critics_i-write-from-my-soul-this-is-the-reason_406971.jpg) > [I don't set out to write about spirituality; I am free to do something different every time.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paulo-coelho/i-don-t-set-out-to-write-about-spirituality-i-am-free-to-do-something/) [Paulo Coelho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paulo-coelho/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/032/paulo-coelho-10_about_i-don-t-set-out-to-write-about-spiritual_1704620.jpg) > [When I write a book, I write a book for myself; the reaction is up to the reader. It's not my business…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paulo-coelho/when-i-write-a-book-i-write-a-book-for-myself-the-reaction-is-up-to/) [Paulo Coelho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paulo-coelho/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c09/paulo-coelho-10_book_when-i-write-a-book-i-write-a-book-for-m_925267.jpg) > [I tweet in the morning and the evening. To write 12 hours a day, there is a moment when you're really tired.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paulo-coelho/i-tweet-in-the-morning-and-the-evening-to-write-12-hours-a-day-there/) [Paulo Coelho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paulo-coelho/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/622/paulo-coelho-10_day_i-tweet-in-the-morning-and-the-evening-t_613713.jpg) > [Writing is a solitary experience. I'm extremely superstitious. If I talk about the book or name the title out loud before finishing,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paulo-coelho/writing-is-a-solitary-experience-i-m-extremely-superstitious-if-i/) [Paulo Coelho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paulo-coelho/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c0b/paulo-coelho-10_about_writing-is-a-solitary-experience-i-m-ext_1086905.jpg) > [I am a person that is very curious about what is going on in the world and there are a lot of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paulo-coelho/i-am-a-person-that-is-very-curious-about-what-is-going-on-in-the/) [Paulo Coelho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paulo-coelho/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8ed/paulo-coelho-10_book_i-am-a-person-that-is-very-curious-about_1655812.jpg) > [It took me 40 years to write my first book. When I was a child, I was encouraged to go to school.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paulo-coelho/it-took-me-40-years-to-write-my-first-book-when-i-was-a-child-i-was/) [Paulo Coelho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paulo-coelho/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ab9/paulo-coelho-10_because_it-took-me-40-years-to-write-my-first-bo_2661554.jpg) > [I only can write a book every two years, you know. And I write very fast, but I'm not always writing every…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paulo-coelho/i-only-can-write-a-book-every-two-years-you-know-and-i-write-very/) [Paulo Coelho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paulo-coelho/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/134/paulo-coelho-10_book_i-only-can-write-a-book-every-two-years_503130.jpg) > [Instead of noting down things I’m unlikely to forget, I will write a poem. Even if I have never written one before…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paulo-coelho/instead-of-noting-down-things-i-m-unlikely-to-forget-i-will-write-a/) [Paulo Coelho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paulo-coelho/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/829/paulo-coelho-10_courage_instead-of-noting-down-things-i-m-unlike_1355675.jpg) > [No one can learn to love by following a manual, and no one can learn to write by following a course. I'm…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paulo-coelho/no-one-can-learn-to-love-by-following-a-manual-and-no-one-can-learn/) [Paulo Coelho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paulo-coelho/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e92/paulo-coelho-10_activity_no-one-can-learn-to-love-by-following-a_1475039.jpg) > [I wanted to write when I was young, but people said it was impossible. Then my parents locked me in a mental…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paulo-coelho/i-wanted-to-write-when-i-was-young-but-people-said-it-was-impossible/) [Paulo Coelho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paulo-coelho/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/db2/paulo-coelho-10_crazy_i-wanted-to-write-when-i-was-young-but-p_665790.jpg) > [For a writer you have to be interested in different cultures, different backgrounds. You are not there to write only about your…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paulo-coelho/for-a-writer-you-have-to-be-interested-in-different-cultures/) [Paulo Coelho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paulo-coelho/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9e6/paulo-coelho-10_backgrounds_for-a-writer-you-have-to-be-interested-i_1778070.jpg) > [When I was 40, I wrote my first book, The Pilgrimage, and I said to myself, "why did it take so long…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paulo-coelho/when-i-was-40-i-wrote-my-first-book-the-pilgrimage-and-i-said-to/) [Paulo Coelho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paulo-coelho/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/066/paulo-coelho-10_book_when-i-was-40-i-wrote-my-first-book-the_2014053.jpg) > [Where are they written?" "In the world around us. Merely be attentive to what happens in your life, and you will discover…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paulo-coelho/where-are-they-written-in-the-world-around-us-merely-be-attentive-to/) [Paulo Coelho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paulo-coelho/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/74b/paulo-coelho-10_burned_where-are-they-written-in-the-world-arou_185879.jpg) ## Other authors on Write ## More by Paulo Coelho > [I have inside me the winds, the deserts, the oceans, the stars, and everything created in the universe. We were all made by the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paulo-coelho/i-have-inside-me-the-winds-the-deserts-the-oceans-the-stars-and/) [Paulo Coelho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paulo-coelho/) > [Love will never separate a man from his personal legend.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paulo-coelho/love-will-never-separate-a-man-from-his-personal-legend/) [Paulo Coelho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paulo-coelho/) > [The world has a soul and whoever understands that soul can also understand the language of many things.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paulo-coelho/the-world-has-a-soul-and-whoever-understands-that-soul-can-also/) [Paulo Coelho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paulo-coelho/) > [You dont choose your life; it chooses you. Theres no point asking why life has reserved certain joys or griefs, you just accept them…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paulo-coelho/you-dont-choose-your-life-it-chooses-you-theres-no-point-asking-why/) [Paulo Coelho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paulo-coelho/) > [To love is to be in communion with the other and to discover in that other the spark of God.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paulo-coelho/to-love-is-to-be-in-communion-with-the-other-and-to-discover-in-that/) [Paulo Coelho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paulo-coelho/) > [It is not enough to dream of the Impossible Love - it is necessary to conquer it too.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paulo-coelho/it-is-not-enough-to-dream-of-the-impossible-love-it-is-necessary-to/) [Paulo Coelho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paulo-coelho/) > [Eat when it is time to eat. And walk when it is time to walk.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paulo-coelho/eat-when-it-is-time-to-eat-and-walk-when-it-is-time-to-walk/) [Paulo Coelho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paulo-coelho/) > [People are reading more and writing more because of the internet. So the virtual world is a way for me to listen to my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paulo-coelho/people-are-reading-more-and-writing-more-because-of-the-internet-so/) [Paulo Coelho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paulo-coelho/) > [“Joy is like sex – it begins and ends. I want pleasure. I want to be contended, but happiness? I no longer fall into…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paulo-coelho/joy-is-like-sex-it-begins-and-ends-i-want-pleasure-i-want-to-be/) [Paulo Coelho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paulo-coelho/) > [“Trudi se da zivis, sjecanja su za starije ljude.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paulo-coelho/trudi-se-da-zivis-sjecanja-su-za-starije-ljude/) [Paulo Coelho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paulo-coelho/) > [I've always been a very restless person. I work hard, spend too much time looking after my son, I dance like a mad thing,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paulo-coelho/i-ve-always-been-a-very-restless-person-i-work-hard-spend-too-much/) [Paulo Coelho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paulo-coelho/) > [When someone leaves, it's because someone else is about to arrive.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paulo-coelho/when-someone-leaves-it-s-because-someone-else-is-about-to-arrive/) [Paulo Coelho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paulo-coelho/) > [The past and the future become unimportant. There is only that moment, and the incredible certainty that everything under the sun has been written…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paulo-coelho/the-past-and-the-future-become-unimportant-there-is-only-that-moment/) [Paulo Coelho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paulo-coelho/) > [She didn't need to understand the meaning of life; it was enough to find someone who did, and then fall asleep in his arms…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paulo-coelho/she-didn-t-need-to-understand-the-meaning-of-life-it-was-enough-to/) [Paulo Coelho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paulo-coelho/) > [“The simpler the pose, the better; the more sober, the more beautiful.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paulo-coelho/the-simpler-the-pose-the-better-the-more-sober-the-more-beautiful/) [Paulo Coelho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paulo-coelho/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/write/paulo-coelho/#itemlist", "name": "19 Write Quotes By Paulo Coelho", "numberOfItems": 19, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I write because I need to share my thoughts with the audience.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Paulo Coelho" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paulo-coelho/i-write-because-i-need-to-share-my-thoughts-with-the-audience/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9c1/paulo-coelho-10_audience_i-write-because-i-need-to-share-my-thoug_2658090.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9c1/paulo-coelho-10_audience_i-write-because-i-need-to-share-my-thoug_2658090.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9c1/paulo-coelho-10_audience_i-write-because-i-need-to-share-my-thoug_2658090.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I write because I need to share my thoughts with the audience.” — Paulo Coelho", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "It took me 40 years to write my first book.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Paulo Coelho" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paulo-coelho/it-took-me-40-years-to-write-my-first-book/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a63/paulo-coelho-10_book_it-took-me-40-years-to-write-my-first-bo_1121216.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a63/paulo-coelho-10_book_it-took-me-40-years-to-write-my-first-bo_1121216.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a63/paulo-coelho-10_book_it-took-me-40-years-to-write-my-first-bo_1121216.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“It took me 40 years to write my first book.” — Paulo Coelho", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Books are not about messages. 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