Paulo Coelho Quotes About Culture

• Culture makes people understand each other better. And if they
  understand each other better in their soul, it is easier to overcome the economic and political barriers. But first they have to understand that their neighbour is, in the end, just like them, with the same problems, the same questions.

  Paulo Coelho

  People, Political, Soul

  UN News Centre Interview, www.un.org. December 22, 2010.

• I think bridges have a special meaning in our life. I think a book is a bridge. Any type of art is a bridge that allows different cultures to connect. You may not understand your neighbour's way of seeing life, but you sure understand your neighbour's joy in painting or dancing.

  Paulo Coelho

  Art, Book, Thinking

• Every new book is a challenge. I could, of course, have stopped many years ago if it was only for money. But no, it is about building bridges among cultures, different cultures... When you want someone to understand something that is not forcefully in your culture, you use stories.

  Paulo Coelho

  Book, Years, Bridges

  "Interview with Paulo Coelho: best selling author of The Alchemist". Interview with Amina Chaudary, www.theislamicmonthly.com. November 3, 2014.

• For a writer you have to be interested in different cultures, different backgrounds. You are not there to write only about your village. You're there to show a bit of your village, but also to understand other villages.

  Paulo Coelho

  Writing, Different, Culture

• As long as you still have one bridge left, nothing is lost. But from the moment that you cannot even understand the storytelling or the music of other cultures anymore, then we become strangers to each other and the situation will become very complicated.

  Paulo Coelho

  Other Cultures, Bridges, Long

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