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Writer Quotes by Paulo Coelho

42 Writer quotes by Paulo Coelho

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Paulo Coelho points out that writing is a very lonely job, often done in quiet moments. He also mentions that he can only finish a book every couple of years, because he needs time to experience other things. Finally, he sees the internet as a new place where writers can share their work, while traditional publishing feels ancient.

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It took me 40 years to write my first book.

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I write to empty my mind and to fill my heart.

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Publishing is in a kind of Jurassic age.

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Maktub" (It is written.)

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I had this dream to become a writer since I was a teenager.

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Publishers see free downloads as threatening the sales of the book.

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I can't consciously explain how people feel after reading my books. All is too personal.

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Read. Forget everything you've been told about books and read.

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

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I'd have stopped writing years ago if it were for the money.

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if a book isn't self-explanatory, then it isn't worth reading.

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That is why I write - to try to turn sadness into longing, solitude into remembrance.

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Writing means sharing. It's part of the human condition to want to share things - thoughts, ideas, opinions.

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I am very present in my work and my work is somehow an expression of my soul, but at the same time…

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I'm first and foremost a writer. I followed my personal legend, my childhood dream of becoming a writer, but I can't say…

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When I write a book, I write a book for myself; the reaction is up to the reader. It's not my business…

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I wanted to write when I was young, but people said it was impossible. Then my parents locked me in a mental…

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I am not a self-help writer. I am a self-problem writer. When people read my books, I provoke some things. I cannot…

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You need to change yourself. The moment that you change yourself it is a gigantic step. And this is what I do.…

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I only write to understand myself better... I don't try to show how intelligent or how cultivated I am, I just try…

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I only can write a book every two years, you know. And I write very fast, but I'm not always writing every…

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A writer always wears glasses and never combs his hair. Half the time he feels angry about everything and the other half…

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No one can learn to love by following a manual, and no one can learn to write by following a course. I'm…

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Writing is a solitary experience. I'm extremely superstitious. If I talk about the book or name the title out loud before finishing,…

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I talk to my readers on social networking sites, but I never tell them what the book is about. Writing is lonely,…

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It took me 40 years to write my first book. When I was a child, I was encouraged to go to school.…

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When I was 40, I wrote my first book, The Pilgrimage, and I said to myself, "why did it take so long…

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For a writer you have to be interested in different cultures, different backgrounds. You are not there to write only about your…

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Where are they written?" "In the world around us. Merely be attentive to what happens in your life, and you will discover…

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In writing, I apply my feminine side and respect the mystery involved in creation.

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I've discovered my vocation. I want to be a writer.

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I want to be a writer, not an engineer who writes books.

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A writer is basically someone who shares his or her value or vision of the world.

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Writing is one of the most solitary activities in the world.

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Books are not about messages. I write to understand my soul

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Some books make us dream, others bring us face to face with reality, but what matters most to the author is the…

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

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He told himself that he would have to start reading thicker books: they lasted longer, and made more comfortable pillows.

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I don't know if the books are making the world a much better place. I don't write with that objective. What I…

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I have inside me the winds, the deserts, the oceans, the stars, and everything created in the universe. We were all made by the…

Love will never separate a man from his personal legend.

The world has a soul and whoever understands that soul can also understand the language of many things.

You dont choose your life; it chooses you. Theres no point asking why life has reserved certain joys or griefs, you just accept them…

To love is to be in communion with the other and to discover in that other the spark of God.

It is not enough to dream of the Impossible Love - it is necessary to conquer it too.

Eat when it is time to eat. And walk when it is time to walk.

People are reading more and writing more because of the internet. So the virtual world is a way for me to listen to my…

“Joy is like sex – it begins and ends. I want pleasure. I want to be contended, but happiness? I no longer fall into…

“Trudi se da zivis, sjecanja su za starije ljude.”

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,…

When someone leaves, it's because someone else is about to arrive.

The past and the future become unimportant. There is only that moment, and the incredible certainty that everything under the sun has been written…

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…

“The simpler the pose, the better; the more sober, the more beautiful.”