I didn't study English literature - I studied philosophy at university - so Kierkegaard, Nietzsche - these people are among the most important writers to me. So my interest is in the big questions more than it is in storytelling. — Sheila Heti Copy Share Image
I believe there's a platonic ideal for every book that is written, like there's the perfect version of the book somewhere in the ether,… — Sheila Heti Copy Share
I really enjoyed the process of 'Women in Clothes,' but there's no way I would have done that again. It felt more like being… — Sheila Heti Copy Share
“style is about knowing what you like and why you like it, more than anything else. GRACE” — Sheila Heti Copy Share
I'd rather that people could be both entertained and given rest while reading my book than for someone to have to put the book… — Sheila Heti Copy Share
“I know that character exists from the outside alone. I know that inside the body there's just temperature.” — Sheila Heti Copy Share
I don't think about the reader when I'm writing, but I do when I'm editing, of course. For instance, I self-consciously didn't want to… — Sheila Heti Copy Share
“She had thought that when someone died, it would be like they went into a different room. She had not known that life itself… — Sheila Heti Copy Share
It's so weird how our existence hinges on just absolute crazy chance, but it feels so essential. It's like, 'Nothing would be here if… — Sheila Heti Copy Share
In 'Sweet Days of Discipline,' the narrator, years after graduating, fortuitously encounters her old friend Frederique at a movie theatre. Frederique invites her home. — Sheila Heti Copy Share
Women without children can help mothers, and we can just be all in this together. — Sheila Heti Copy Share
The reason I write is because I have questions. What I don't want is for people to forget that I'm a novelist and think… — Sheila Heti Copy Share
“But style, I also learned, is not about strictly copying others, because style is not transferable.” — Sheila Heti Copy Share
Renown is something people have always wanted, but maybe what's modern is that it's considered a virtue, this desire, rather than a vice. I… — Sheila Heti Copy Share
