Today Paulo Coelho is the Pirate Bay’s promoted artist.
Coelho’s blog, combined with this old interview with Francis Ford Coppola make interesting arguments against S.O.P.A. and a reminder about the value of art and creative materials that we have as a society.
I am rich. But was it the desire to make money that drove me to write? No. My family and my teachers all said that there was no future in writing.
I started writing and I continue to write because it gives me pleasure and gives meaning to my existence. If money were the motive, I could have stopped writing ages ago and saved myself having to put up with invariably negative reviews.
