Brazilian - Novelist | August 24, 1947 -
Writing is a solitary experience. I'm extremely superstitious. If I talk about the book or name the title out loud before finishing, I feel the energy I need to write will be drained. It's so intimate, I can't even share it with my wife.
Paulo Coelho
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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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What interests me in life is curiosity, challenges, the good fight with its victories and defeats.
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Everything for me is sacred, beginning with earth, but also going to things made by man.
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MySpace is my wife... Facebook is my mistress.
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You should treat a muse like a fairy.
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Most of my young years were spent under the boots of the military.
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This may sound a little bit idealistic, but when I go to my blog, my Facebook page, my Twitter account, I talk to different people from all over the world, and you see how it's easy to establish a dialogue.
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I have been practicing archery for a long time; a bow and arrow helps me to unwind.
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I have spent every New Year's Eve since 1992 in Lourdes. I spend the hour of my birth every year in the grotto. It's a place with meaning for me.
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Physical elegance, which is what I am talking about here, comes from the body. This is no superficial matter, but rather the way that man found to honour the way he places his two feet on the ground.
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With all due respect, the Mona Lisa is overrated.
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