The Alchemist

by Paulo Coelho

people need not fear the unknown if they are capable of achieving what they need and want.

For me a person that is alive is a person that is committed to a project, an idea, a dream. In my case, this means, choosing to be a writer in a country where this activity was regarded as impossible. To keep on writing about things that matter to me and not to the critics. To question myself every day, to keep on meeting with people, and to be open to the world. I think it's the confrontation with the soul that makes one's life interesting. I want to surprise myself and to keep on doubting because I believe that this is the core of life.