More About Paulo Coelho: The Author Of Inspirations

The author of the book Inspirations, Paulo Coelho completely believes in the philosophy of soul of the world, which means if every person pursues what he does with total dedication; he or she comes into contact with the inspiration of the universe. The Inspirations author Paulo Coelho was born in Brazil, though not much is known about his education. He won a school poetry prize and his other jobs include journalist, and lyricist. He has also worked as artistic director of CBS Brazil.


The Popular Opinion In His Favor

The author of Inspirations, Paulo Coelho is one of the biggest selling authors of the world. Translated into more than 55 languages, he has sold overall 40m copies of his books. His books are described as life changing by his fans though critics often complain about the simplicity of his work. They say he only writes for the lowest common denominator of gullible people of the new age. His books richly use dreams, symbols and archetypes to deliver simple but universal messages to the readers.

His Books Are About

The first work of Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist, is considered a classic. The book tells a tale of Santiago, a shepherd boy who travels across the world to realize his dream of finding a treasure. His next novels which include The Devil and Mrs Prym and Veronika Decides to Die are more complicated though. The fundamental questions tackled by Paulo Coelho remain the same in all the books, light and dark, joy and despair and good versus evil. Paulo Coelho is involved with a tiny sect called Regnus Agnus Mundi which has Catholic origins and dates back to 1492. Finding out what has been his literary influences has been however more difficult.

Writers Should Make You Dream

Paulo Coelho is deeply affected by the quote from Brian Aldiss which says there are two types of writers, the first type make you think and the second make you dream. Brian Aldiss was the writer himself who made Paulo Coelho dream with his science fiction books. Paulo Coelho strongly believes good writers have to be good readers as well. He says reading all types of books, even blogs and newspaper columns are important for the writers so one may know his own defects and qualities. Anybody sharing his experiences with enthusiasm should be listened to, because any activity which is done with enthusiasm is no less important than writing.

People Not Afraid Of Making Mistakes Are Your Allies

Writing is all about making allies and learning from people who make mistakes, despite knowing they might go wrong. Such allies are better than people who are more acclaimed across the world. Only those people who make mistakes are the ones who have the ability to change the world. The reason is, when they get something right, it changes the life of entire community around them.