Paulo Coelho recently did a lecture in Glasgow, and one of the questions posed to him was "What is the meaning of life?"

During his Jesuit education, Coelho recognized that there was one clear answer. During the hippy movement, in contrast, Coelho became aware of 200,000 explanations for the meaning of life.

Now, Coelho thinks the question should be left open, as if you find an answer, you close your universe. He says that if you are close to knowing, you will experience enthusiasm for what you are doing; if you are far away from the truth, you will be bored. ~taken from The Herald

You can view that part of the lecture here --

But I'd recommend watching him from the beginning. The videos can be found here at YouTube.