I believe there's a platonic ideal for every book that is written, like there's the perfect version of the book somewhere in… — Sheila Heti Believe Copy Share Image
I really enjoyed the process of 'Women in Clothes,' but there's no way I would have done that again. It felt more… — Sheila Heti Clothes Copy Share Image
“style is about knowing what you like and why you like it, more than anything else. GRACE” — Sheila Heti Fashion Copy Share Image
I'd rather that people could be both entertained and given rest while reading my book than for someone to have to put… — Sheila Heti Books Copy Share Image
“I know that character exists from the outside alone. I know that inside the body there's just temperature.” — Sheila Heti Copy Share Image
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… — Sheila Heti Anything Copy Share Image
“She had thought that when someone died, it would be like they went into a different room. She had not known that… — Sheila Heti Death Copy Share Image
It's so weird how our existence hinges on just absolute crazy chance, but it feels so essential. It's like, 'Nothing would be… — Sheila Heti Chance Copy Share Image
In 'Sweet Days of Discipline,' the narrator, years after graduating, fortuitously encounters her old friend Frederique at a movie theatre. Frederique invites… — Sheila Heti Discipline Copy Share Image
Every choice you make has higher stakes - or that's how it feels. — Sheila Heti Choice Copy Share Image
Women without children can help mothers, and we can just be all in this together. — Sheila Heti Children Copy Share Image
The reason I write is because I have questions. What I don't want is for people to forget that I'm a novelist… — Sheila Heti Belong Copy Share Image
“But style, I also learned, is not about strictly copying others, because style is not transferable.” — Sheila Heti Copy Share Image
Renown is something people have always wanted, but maybe what's modern is that it's considered a virtue, this desire, rather than a… — Sheila Heti Desire Copy Share Image
When I'm editing, I try to bring out some dramatic structure. I think it is about theater in some way; it is… — Sheila Heti Dramatic Copy Share Image
I don't know what that line is between fiction and non-fiction that other people have in their minds, but to me, when… — Sheila Heti Like Copy Share Image
I see friends of mine who have kids and continue to do their art. It's deeply impressive. I can't even fit an… — Sheila Heti Art Copy Share Image
Most fiction writers are driven to find their own 'voice,' but I am more interested in the voices of others. — Sheila Heti Find Copy Share Image
There's something about a woman's life choices that invites commentary, whether it's been invited or not. — Sheila Heti About Copy Share Image
Many of the traits in my characters are exaggerations of things I see in myself. But in 'How Should a Person Be?'… — Sheila Heti Culture Copy Share Image
I don't think 'Motherhood' is a map for women. I would never say that it's a template for every woman in response… — Sheila Heti Biology Copy Share Image
There's something threatening about a woman who is not occupied with children... What sort of trouble will she make? — Sheila Heti Children Copy Share Image
Everyone has to put clothes on in the morning, and it's interesting to see how much people's personal histories come into that… — Sheila Heti Clothes Copy Share Image
I'm in a serious monogamous relationship, and I don't want to keep having different boyfriends, and I have this instead - with… — Sheila Heti Art Copy Share Image
