Today’s Question by Aart Hilal

by Paulo Coelho on April 10, 2008

When you write a book, do you think of an ideal reader?

Yes, I do, and this reader it is me. When I write a book, I try to uncover my soul to myself, and this is the reason why I write books.

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Nisreen May 25, 2009 at 7:32 am

I like your website, your ecard, your blog.

I think the idea of writing a book and how to write it is simply givin in your words..!!

to write to yourself trying to reveal your iner world and hidden soul is the most important, true, spiritual,honest and deep way to write a thing that will touch others and affect them….

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Nisreen April 11, 2008 at 1:00 pm

I like your website, your ecard, your blog.

I think the idea of writing a book and how to write it is simply givin in your words..!!

to write to yourself trying to reveal your iner world and hidden soul is the most important, true, spiritual,honest and deep way to write a thing that will touch others and affect them….

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Tania April 11, 2008 at 9:05 am

Its funny when you write a book and then read it to yourself its like your life is on the pages in some shape or form , When I have wrote it is because I wish to share my experiences and to help empower others to get on the journey of looking at their homes or Why woman love to have a bitch ..I think its healing to write ,and brave /courageous to share your experiences with others . Love and Light Tania

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Agnieszka April 11, 2008 at 12:01 am

Uncovering the soul…is exciting…but dangerous..
you never know….what’ll you end up finding…
As you wrote before the good and the evil…are fighting for ….your soul…
it is hard to recognize which is which…when sometimes…they have the same face..
:-)

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Leaf April 10, 2008 at 9:53 pm

Paulo,
I told you before that you are my only ever favourite author….and that that should be a privilege because I was always involved in the passion of reading and writing, but had never found an other’s language which would fit with my own, until you.
I believe in the honesty of your work….and to its’ sometimes shocking blatancy.
I appreciate your public soul searching…as opposed to some serial ‘entertaining’ novelist, or ‘How To’ self-help formulae.
I understand the relevance of the topics of which you write….and also the courage necessary to do so in todays climate.

The fact that we the readers can feel that we are knowing you – be that correct or not – through our reading, is the flip side of the fact that, as you said last week, you and we have different answers, and I pray that this two poles will keep the perpetual emotion of your pen going, for many, many more years.
May you discover and be satisfied to know more and more of your soul on the way.
Much Love
Libh J Patience

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