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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 justify my work. I do my work; it is up to them to classify it, to judge. "

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" We want to answer this classical question, who am I? So I think that most of our works are for art, or whatever we do, including science or religion, tried to answer that question. "

Paulo Coelho

Science

Want

Think

" The only thing that relaxes me is archery. That's why I have to have apartments with gardens. "

" The major religions, Christianity, Judaism, Islam, they deny somehow that God has a feminine face. However, if you go to the holy texts, you see there is this feminine presence. "

" All women have a perception much more developed than men. So all women somehow, being repressed for so many millennia, they ended up by developing this sixth sense and contemplation and love. And this is something that we have a hard time to accept as part of our society. "

Paulo Coelho

Love

Men

" The good old days, when each idea had an owner, are gone forever. "

" Life was always a matter of waiting for the right moment to act. "

" In the United States, I am a great success, but I am not a celebrity. "

" Everything that happens once can never happen again. But everything that happens twice will surely happen a third time. "

" Today, writers want to impress other writers. "

" I hate to be smart. "

Paulo Coelho

Smart

Hate

" There is an afterlife. I am convinced of this. "

Paulo Coelho

I Am

Convinced

" MySpace is my wife... Facebook is my mistress. "

" I love almost everything about my work except conferences. I am too shy in front of an audience. But I love signings and having eye contact with a reader who already knows my soul. "

" It'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. "

" Let us be absolutely clear about one thing: we must not confuse humility with false modesty or servility. "

" You're always learning. The problem is, sometimes you stop and think you understand the world. This is not correct. The world is always moving. You never reach the point you can stop making an effort. "

" I'm not saying that love always takes you to heaven. Your life can become a nightmare. But that said, it is worth taking the risk. "

" No one can lie, no one can hide anything, when he looks directly into someone's eyes. "

Paulo Coelho

Looks

Eyes

" I walk every day, and I look at the mountains and the fields and the small city, and I say: 'Oh my God, what a blessing.' Then you realise it's important to put it in a context beyond this woman, this man, this city, this country, this universe. "

" I wanted to write when I was young, but people said it was impossible. Then my parents locked me in a mental institution - they said I was crazy and would never make a living from writing. "

" I cry very easily. It can be a movie, a phone conversation, a sunset - tears are words waiting to be written. "

" You should treat a muse like a fairy. "

" Everybody has a creative potential and from the moment you can express this creative potential, you can start changing the world. "

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

" Things do not always happen the way I would like them to happen, and I had better get used to that. "

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

" The gigantic tension before the shooting of an arrow, and the total relaxation seconds later, is my way of connecting to the universe. "

" I am a Catholic, not so committed to the church, but to the idea of the Virgin, the female face of God. "

" I have been practicing archery for a long time; a bow and arrow helps me to unwind. "

" I have seen many storms in my life. Most storms have caught me by surprise, so I had to learn very quickly to look further and understand that I am not capable of controlling the weather, to exercise the art of patience and to respect the fury of nature. "

Paulo Coelho

Nature

Life