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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 why I'm one. "
Paulo Coelho
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" My literature is much more the result of a paradox than that of an implacable logic, typical of police novels. The paradox is the tension that exists in my soul. "
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" You have to take risks. We will only understand the miracle of life fully when we allow the unexpected to happen. "
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" 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. "
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" I am a Catholic because I choose to be a Catholic. And then I go to the Mass because I choose. It is out of my free will. "
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" Everything for me is sacred, beginning with earth, but also going to things made by man. "
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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, so from time to time I talk to them on the Internet. It's like chatting at a bar without leaving your office. I talk with them about a lot of things other than my books. "
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" Everybody has a creative potential and from the moment you can express this creative potential, you can start changing the world. "
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" We have to stop and be humble enough to understand that there is something called mystery. "
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" It's very difficult to read a book on your computer. "
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" When you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it. "
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" 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. "
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" However happy people say they are, nobody is satisfied: we always have to be with the prettiest woman, buy a bigger house, change cars, desire what we do not have. "
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" I can control my destiny, but not my fate. Destiny means there are opportunities to turn right or left, but fate is a one-way street. I believe we all have the choice as to whether we fulfil our destiny, but our fate is sealed. "
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" Remember your dreams and fight for them. You must know what you want from life. There is just one thing that makes your dream become impossible: the fear of failure. "
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" There is an afterlife. I am convinced of this. "
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" When you write an article about anything, trolls use the comments to attack. They feel frustrated - but haters are losers. It's not good to feed this aspect. It's more intelligent to be constructive. "
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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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" Once I found this possibility to use Twitter and Facebook and my blog to connect to my readers, I'm going to use it, to connect to them and to share thoughts that I cannot use in the book. "
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" 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. "
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" People are very reluctant to talk about their private lives but then you go to the internet and they're much more open. "
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