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Paulo Coelho Quotes - Page 83

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You should paint those visions of paradise rather than just talking about them.

You should paint those visions of paradise rather than just talking about them.

Talking, Vision, Paradise

Some books make us dream, others bring us face to face with reality, but what matters most to the author is the honesty with which a book is written.

Dream, Honesty, Book

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."

Country, Wall, Mean

"Paulo Coelho: 'Today we are proud of being Brazilians'". CNN Interview, www.cnn.com. August 31, 2010.

When I was 40, I wrote my first book, The Pilgrimage, and I said to myself, "why did it take so long for me to write this book?" Because my dream, since I was 10 years old, was to be a writer. I said, I have to revisit my life using a metaphor, and the metaphor was basically this boy that has a dream and has to go far away to realize that his dream is close to him.

Dream, Book, Writing

"Interview with Paulo Coelho: best selling author of The Alchemist". Interview with Amina Chaudary, theislamicmonthly.com. November 3, 2014.

Every new book is a challenge. I could, of course, have stopped many years ago if it was only for money. But no, it is about building bridges among cultures, different cultures... When you want someone to understand something that is not forcefully in your culture, you use stories.

Book, Years, Bridges

"Interview with Paulo Coelho: best selling author of The Alchemist". Interview with Amina Chaudary, www.theislamicmonthly.com. November 3, 2014.

For many years I was trying to find answers only through books but then I realized that basically, life is about experience and the thing that you have to do is experience life instead of only reading about it. Reading is very important, but it's not enough. After reading, you have to take some decisions in your hands and move forward and be the human being that you are, and then going and meeting people and work.

Moving, Book, Reading

To dream is not enough, you have to fulfill your dream.

Dream, Enough, Your Dreams

Source: theislamicmonthly.com

I am living here and now. The blessing of my life is that I am totally concentrating on the present moment. And I want to be because there is nothing but the present moment.

Blessing, Want, Life Is

As long as you still have one bridge left, nothing is lost. But from the moment that you cannot even understand the storytelling or the music of other cultures anymore, then we become strangers to each other and the situation will become very complicated.

Other Cultures, Bridges, Long

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

Writing, Use, Internet

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.

Reading, Writing, Voice

I don't choose. Normally it's the book that chooses me.

Book, Choose Me

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

Writing, Needs, Share

You need to change yourself. The moment that you change yourself it is a gigantic step. And this is what I do. The book is much more important than the writer.

Book, Important, Needs

You have two types of writers: one like Proust who was locked in his room and wrote the masterpiece. And the other type was Hemingway who celebrated life and also wrote a masterpiece.

Two, Rooms, Proust

Walking helps me a lot to feel alive, and I do this every single day, my wife and I. We have long conversations about nature, and we also walk silently, just contemplating.

Wife, Long, Alive

Walking is almost as important as breathing, for me.

Breathing, Important, Walking

Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com. 2014.

I am going to die. But I am going to die in peace because I lived my life as intensely as I could.

Dies

"Paulo Coelho: Author of The Alchemist". Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.

Happiness is this place that, once you arrive there, you have nothing else to do. You get bored. Passion is this up and down; it's like a rollercoaster, you know, and much more interesting to me.

Passion, Interesting, Bored

"Book Talk: Paulo Coelho on life, work and 'Adultery'". Interview with Lisa Von Ahn, www.reuters.com. November 13, 2014.

I see is that there are many people who destroy their marriages because of one-night stands with someone else. And as the French say, "C'est ne pas grave." It's not something easy to swallow, but at the same time, it does not justify you to end a long-lasting relationship because something happened.

Night, Long, People

"Book Talk: Paulo Coelho on life, work and 'Adultery'". Interview with Lisa Von Ahn, www.reuters.com. November 13, 2014.

Since my childhood I learned that to understand the world we need to go further and take the risks of sailing in unknown seas.

Sea, Childhood, Risk

"Paulo Coelho: 'Today we are proud of being Brazilians'". Interview, www.cnn.com. August 31, 2010.

The first spiritual quality we need to have is not faith; it is courage.

Spiritual, Quality, Needs

"Paulo Coelho: Author of The Alchemist". Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.

Perseverance brings good luck.

Perseverance, Good Luck, Luck

"Paulo Coelho: Author of The Alchemist". Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.

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.

Party, Cities, Long

"Paulo Coelho: Author of The Alchemist". Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.

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