You need to change yourself. The moment that you change yourself it is a gigantic step. And this is what I do.… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
Writing means sharing. It's part of the human condition to want to share things - thoughts, ideas, opinions. — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
I am very present in my work and my work is somehow an expression of my soul, but at the same time… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
When I write a book, I write a book for myself; the reaction is up to the reader. It's not my business… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
“A writer once said that it is not time that changes man, nor knowledge; the only thing that can change someone's mind… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
I believe enlightenment or revelation comes in daily life. I look for joy, the peace of action. You need action. I'd have… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
I'm first and foremost a writer. I followed my personal legend, my childhood dream of becoming a writer, but I can't say… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
It's not difficult for me to put my feelings into written form. I try to be concise and to go direct to… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
“Elegance is the correct posture if the writing is to be perfect. It’s the same with life: when all superfluous things have… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
I am a person that is very curious about what is going on in the world and there are a lot of… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
When I was 40, I wrote my first book, The Pilgrimage, and I said to myself, "why did it take so long… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
I was not encouraged to follow the career of a writer because my parents thought that I was going to starve to… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
It took me 40 years to write my first book. When I was a child, I was encouraged to go to school.… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
I talk to my readers on social networking sites, but I never tell them what the book is about. Writing is lonely,… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
“A writer once said that it is not time that changes man, nor knowledge; the only thing that can change someone's mind… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
A writer always wears glasses and never combs his hair. Half the time he feels angry about everything and the other half… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
When trying to seduce a woman, a writer says: 'I'm a writer', and scribbles a poem on a napkin. It always works. — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
I only can write a book every two years, you know. And I write very fast, but I'm not always writing every… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
I write from my soul. This is the reason that critics don't hurt me, because it is me. If it was not… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
I like to be challenged with language, so I start to do texts for my blogs that people can download, can spread.… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
Instead of noting down things I’m unlikely to forget, I will write a poem. Even if I have never written one before… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
No one can learn to love by following a manual, and no one can learn to write by following a course. I'm… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
I have inside me the winds, the deserts, the oceans, the stars, and everything created in the universe. We were all made by the… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
The world has a soul and whoever understands that soul can also understand the language of many things. — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
You dont choose your life; it chooses you. Theres no point asking why life has reserved certain joys or griefs, you just accept them… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
To love is to be in communion with the other and to discover in that other the spark of God. — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
It is not enough to dream of the Impossible Love - it is necessary to conquer it too. — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
People are reading more and writing more because of the internet. So the virtual world is a way for me to listen to my… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
“Joy is like sex – it begins and ends. I want pleasure. I want to be contended, but happiness? I no longer fall into… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
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,… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
