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I met a reader and she was discussing with me an article she had just read in a Spanish magazine about me. She told me that she kept on reading the same things in my interviews. Of course, she has read all of my books and follows my career. Yet, she’s right to have this feeling given that journalists always repeat the same questions, over and over again.
So here is my question of the week for you: How important interviews are?
Interviews are important – they are messages that are conveyed from one person to the other -
An interview comes from inside of you and you can project part of your soul.
Aren’t they a nice way of saying “Hi Again!” ???
Significant interviews and reviews are crucial. The books, however worthwhile, of any author without the kind of marketing platform and publicity that provides for these, simply die on the vine. Large enough numbers of people are not aware that the book exists although it’s available.
I can’t speak for anyone else. Interviews really important to me. I do admire compassionate writers,like Mr. Coelho, who write from the heart and speak a language the aids others on their journey. But it is the message and not the messenger that I look to understand. The messengers are one in the same,they just wear different suits!
A entrevista só terá serventia se o entrevistado tiver algo de bom…de útil…ou divertido para repassar…
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Estamos muito gratos em participar do projeto bruxa experimental!!!
Just finished Like the Flowing River and decided to drop by.
Regarding interviews, I’d see they can aid readers in discovering new engrossing books. And of course, authors have an opportunity to tell about their latest work. This interview of James Gleick from 1999 is a good example:
http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/7.08/gleick.html
And it is always interesting to know more about the author’s background, current projects, childhood, etc. That info somehow complements the experience related to the author’s works.
Dear Paulo,even if is the same sentence you say to a same question,I like to hear it,or read it.Maybe there are things we forget,so,we remember by reading it again.I hope jounalists use little more phantasie while interviewing you.But,anyway,I think is important giving interviews.I remember when I had not net,and I saw you in TV,during an inteview.I was very happy,glad to see the writer which I consider very great.I listened every your word with great emotion.
Dear Paulo,
You should do whatever your heart tells you. If you do not want to give interviews, why should you? You are the arranger of your life and if you really want to do interviews then you should deside what the information is that you want to sent out. It’s a way to send a message not to answer the silly questions taht most of them ask. Do your own interview in a video blog.
Nick Zwart
Ola Paulo,
sou um grande fã seu, tenho quase todos os seus livros…
bem acredito que vc deva continuar as entrevistas sim, embora sejam cansativas, repetem sempre as mesmas perguntas, pode ser sacal pra voce, mas pelo menos em meu caso, mantem meu espirito renovadop relembrando os seus pensamentos, os aprendizados que consegui em seus livros, enfim…
O trabalho no dia a dia… no meu caso o stress de ter cirurgias quase todos os dias, vida agitada acaba fazendo adormecer os ensinamentos e te vendo falar resgata um pouco de mim mesmo.
Sou médico e sou grato a voce por isso, era meu sonho seguir essa profissão, lutei com todas as forças e armas que tinha para conseguir passar no vestibular, a faculdade foi dificil, teve momentos em que quase desisti… momentos em q quase perdi a fé, ou mesmo a perdi, mas continuei em frente e consegui, a fe reapareceu. Obrigado por tudo meu amigo!
ASSALAM O ALIEKUM,,
well.interviews,,,lets c..inter view is a decnt way of knowing about oneself…nd another thing interview is not all about being famous and popular,,an inetrview can also be of the most poorest person living in ur town..about whose existance u never knew!!so i think that an interview cn promote healthy relations amng all sorts of people!
ALLAH HAFIZ
Dear Paul,
You´re welcome! And thanks for enlightning me on who Aart is. I really enjoy her questions. I thought it was a man´s name. Or a cover name for Paulo´s alter ego. Everytime I see your name here, I remember the help you gave Annie here a while ago. I found it very caring of you.
Sibila
Dear Sibila, beautiful, thank you.
By the way, and if I understand it correctly, Aart Hilal is a lovely woman who works on this Blog for Paulo and I believe she lives in Vladivostok. Perhaps Paulo met her at the end of his Journey to celebrate 20 years of his book, The Pilgrimage? She does present some very good questions, doesn’t she?
Please correct me dear Aart if I am wrong ;)
Love, Paul
Very, esp if it’s a prelude to sth you want to get into.
Olá Paulo!
Tenho uma observação a fazer…
Porque seu Blog é em Inglês?
Gostaria de visitá-lo com + frequência, porém, não entendo nada
do que diz ou quer dizer.
E seus conterrâneos pobres mortais q ñ sabem a língua, ñ terão o
prazer de digerir suas mensagens?
Ora, ora… pois… pois…
Parabéns pelo projeto “Bruxa experimental”
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Well, I´ve been thinking about one of the parts of your blog, the questions posed by Aart Hilal – whoever he is.
Through my eyes it seems that the answers you give to his questions are filled with some of what I guess you want to share through an interview that meets you at a level where you find it interesting, worthwhile, maybe even sometimes challenging sharing your experiences and wisdom.
For me an exciting point in how important interviews are is: what kind of questions are asked? Which view of life and this world is emphasized by for instance the kinds of questions in interviews….
John & Lyn St.Lair Thomas put it this way in
“Eyes of the Beholder”
Your questions
indicate the depth
of your belief.
Look at the depth
of your questions.