AT SOME POINT THEY ARE IMPORTANT, I WOULDN’T MIND, ITS JUST ANOTHER WAY OF EXCHANGING COMUNICATION. A WAY OF TAKING IMPORTANCE ON SOMEONE’S CAREER PATH. IN YOUR CASE DEAR PAULO, I ASUME IT SHALL BE A GOOD THING, ALL THOSE QUESTIONS ALLOW YOUR READERS TO KNOW A BIT MORE ABOUT YOU, WHAT WE DON’T KNOW YET, THEY GIVE INSIGHT TO YOU THOUGHTS AND EVEN IF THE QUESTION IS REPEATED WELL IT IS INDEED, I ASUME FOR A DIFFERENT PAPER OF MAGAZINE, FOR I DON’T THINK THE SAME NEWSPAPER OR THE SAME MAGAZINE WILL ASK THE SAME SILLY QUESTIONS OVER AND OVER AGAIN RIGHT? I MEAN OTHER WAYS I WILL THEN INDEED FIND IT A BIT TEDIOUS.

BUT, FOR WHAT IT IS INTERVIEWS WITH ITS VARIOUS QUESTIONS ARE JUST ANOTHER TOOL IN WHICH THE PERSON BEING INTERVIEW IS GIVEN THE COOL OPPORTUNITY TO EXPRESS THEMSELVES FREELY AND ITS A WAY OF MARKETING ONESELF WHETHER IS FOR A BUSINESS OR PERSONAL.

IN MY CASE, I AM NEVER BORED WHEN I READ OR WATCH AN INTERVIEW WHERE PAULO COELHO IS BEING INTERVIEWED. NO WAY! :p I LOVE WATCHING AND READING, FOR EVEN IF IT IS THE SAME QUESTION THEY ASKED YOU, THE ANSWER IS NEVER MUCH THE SAME, FOR WHAT THE PAPER IN NEW YORK ASKED YOU IS NOT THE SAME AS THE MAGAZINE IN SAO PAULO OR A DIFFERENT INTERVIEW OR A SET OF SIMILAR QUESTIONS IN BELGIN OR CROATIA.
EVEN IF THE QUESTION WAS THE SAME, I NOTICED THAT THE ANSWER IS NOT THE SAME, THE WORDS AND PHRASES CHANGE. AND THAT TO ME MAKES A SLIGHTLY DIFFERENCE.

SO HOW IMPORTANT ARE THEY? THEY ARE ONLY IMPORTANT AS HOW YOU WANT THEM TO BE. AS HOW USEFULL YOU NEED THEM TO BE. NOTHING MORE, NOTHING LESS. AT THE END IT’S A PERSONAL CHOICE AND HOW YOU VIEW IT.

GREAT DAY AND MANY SMILES..

PS. ENJOY ALL INTERVIEW PAULO, TRY NOT TO GET BORED, SEE IT AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO EXPAND YOUR KNOWLEDGE, THE MORE QUESTIONS THEY ASK, THE MORE YOUR READERS AND FANS WILL GET TO KNOW ABOUT YOUR BEAUTIFUL WORK AND ABOUT WHATEVER YOU WANT US TO KNOW. SO IF I WERE YOU, I WILL SEE IT AS A BLESSING, WETHER THEY ARE REPEATED OR NOT, ALL QUESTIONS ARE WELCOME, AS LONG I YOU FEEL FREE AND CONFORTABLE TO ANSWER AND COMMENT ON WHATEVER YOU WANT.
LOTS OF LOVE MY DEAR PAULO.

OH YES, SEE WHEN YOU CAN COME TO TORONTO, CANADA AND WE WILL INTERVIEW HERE TOO. YOU GOT FAITHFULL READERS MI MAESTRO DE INSPIRACION. I JUST LOVE AND HAVE A BLAST READING EVERY SINGLE BOOK THAT YOU WRITE.

PURPLE SMILES AND HUGS.

GENIE
TORONTO, CANADA

GENIE

A wonderful evening to all

Imagine if you had a chance to interact with your favorite authors, if you were us????

I think interviews, given you have done thousands of them are boring for you now:) Always same questions, however I must make one point in favor of interviews, your fans who do not have access to the internet and there must be millions of them!

Thank you
With love,
Barbara

Interviews are utmost important.It reflects inner thoughts and helps people to know about somone. Sir, you are one of your kind.There are reasons people want to know about you.

If the lady thinks your all interviews are same then may be you should convey to the journalists that they should ask you different/new questions.

Between Sir, I am a big fan of yours. Please keep writing and convey to us your thoughts and opinions.

I have a question Sir…..If u happen to come across then please do reply:
does everyone in this world meets his/her soulmate?
Sir, I dont belive that everyone meets their respective soulmates. Many people dont even marry..what about them?

Regards.

X

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.

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

ALLAH HAFIZ

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

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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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.

Interviews are not so important for the author by himself,because he is having his own satisfaction by his books best sellers all over the world.
In my opinion,as an addict of Paulo Coelho,I am searching more and more over the net or in every phrase or passage that he writes just to know more this man and to know everything about what he thinks apart from his novels ;during his lifetime.
I will be glad if I watch or hear or read an interview about Paulo Coelho.

Therefore, in this media-dominated world, I see nothing wrong with someone taking advantage of the potential exposure afforded by some type of interview – preferrably not only in print, but via some type of visual/audio media, as well. It not only allows people to better know the man or woman behind the book, but humanizes that author in a manner not possible otherwise. Those seeing the interview can thus put a face and personality to the book, and new interest is generated.

In purely business-like terms, an interesting, informative interview will bring your present fan base closer, and at the same time create new fans and friends from those previously unfamiliar with you. An interview goes well beyond the pages of the book; it can indeed be a very powerful tool!

Antes que nada debo decir que me emociona mucho escribirte por primera vez… Tengo ya varios años de leerte y pues hasta nerviosa me encuentro, jajajajajaja!

Soy mexicana y tengo casi 32 años… aunque esto no es lo que me motivo a escribirte es una pequeña presentación.

El motivo por el cual me permito hacerlo es para manifestar mi inconformidad del artículo que escribe Julia y en el cual expresa SU idea de por que los hombres nos aman…. No me gusto, a lo mejor eso le ha dicho su o sus parejas y piensa que así son todos los hombres… no lo sé.

Me gustaría la opinión de un hombre, aunque al final le agregas la frase “nosotros, los hombres, las amamos porque son mujeres. Así de fácil.” Eso es… El hombre no es tan complicado como nosotras. Quiero leer a un hombre hablando de mujeres, no a una mujer hablando de su hombre ideal…Además no todas las mujeres somos tan “rosas” como la autora del artículo.

En fin, jajajajajajaja, ya expresé mi inconformidad y aprovecho para mencionarte que me encantan tus libros, que me han hecho renacer en varias etapas de mi vida, que perdones el tono igualado de mi correo pero no te puedo escribir de usted, has llegado tan profundamente a mi corazón en repetidas ocasiones que no sería honesto hablarte de “usted”.

Saludos desde mi DF amado y querido,

Atentamente la que firma abajo.

Michelle Begue

that is different in case of writers and for excample actors…we know you feelings when we read your books..

and for myself i think that is more important that every interview…and also i am one of the lucky person who met you already…
with every hug i think i know you more than every journalist in a 20 minutes interview…..

big hug
jaqueline
president paulo coelho fanclub switzerland