I always had a fantasy of meeting a girl who was as serious as I was. — Sheila Heti Fantasy Copy Share Image
I just always try to respond to what I'm most interested in at the moment - that hasn't changed. — Sheila Heti Always Copy Share Image
One good thing about being a woman is we haven't too many examples yet of what a genius looks like. It could… — Sheila Heti Being a woman 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
I wanted to talk to a lot of women about their experiences along the path to motherhood - or along the path… — Sheila Heti Mother Copy Share Image
Trying to live the image of the life which you have in your head... it's really hard not to do that, but… — Sheila Heti Cheating Copy Share Image
Toronto is my home. It's where my family is. I think I feel an obligation to be within subway distance of the… — Sheila Heti Distance Copy Share Image
One good thing about being a woman is we haven't too many examples yet of what a genius looks like. — Sheila Heti Being Copy Share Image
Our delusions of omniscience play a role in our ideas of not only what we want but also what we want to… — Sheila Heti Delusions Copy Share Image
Growing up, I never knew that Raffi turned down celebrity endorsements, TV shows, and specials and refused to make merchandise, but it… — Sheila Heti Album cover Copy Share Image
I remember where I was when I wrote that story, 'Mermaid in a Jar.' I was at a boyfriend's, and he was… — Sheila Heti Boyfriend Copy Share Image
I think I prefer writing books because the work of art begins and ends with you - it's easier to know if… — Sheila Heti Actor 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
I just always felt whole when I was writing. I felt this kind of beautiful privacy that I never felt in any… — Sheila Heti Alone Copy Share Image
When I was in high school, and even to a degree while I was in university, I wasn't on the Internet. So… — Sheila Heti Degrees Copy Share Image
I feel like every single time I've published a book, there's some little light in me that goes out. I've seen the… — Sheila Heti Books Copy Share Image
It has long been known to me that certain objects want you as much as you want them. These are the ones… — Sheila Heti Certain Copy Share Image
We tried not to smile, for smiling only encourages men to bore you and waste your time. — Sheila Heti Bore Copy Share Image
We're so sure of what our unlived lives would have been like that we feel guilty for not living them - for… — Sheila Heti Feel Copy Share Image
Sometimes you do have people who are great at curating; sometimes you have people curating who don't know what they're do. — Sheila Heti Knows Copy Share Image
I've always had individual friends, but I didn't find the people I wanted to learn from as an adult until my mid-twenties. — Sheila Heti Always 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 Fiction Copy Share Image
Then if he's sore with me, let him dump my ass. That will just give me more time to be a genius. — Sheila Heti Ass Copy Share Image
You don't go to tarot readers or psychics when everything's going well. It's always evidence of rock-bottom. — Sheila Heti Always Copy Share Image
The main problem I've always had with fashion media is that women are encouraged to copy other women. — Sheila Heti Always 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
“I am obsessed with shopping for secondhand clothing. Nobody else has it, and it has a story that comes with it.” — Sheila Heti Fashion Copy Share Image
Today, I defined 'sentimental' to myself as a feeling about the idea of a feeling. — Sheila Heti Feeling Copy Share Image
Few writers push the reader away with the coolness, dignity, and faint melancholy of Fleur Jaeggy. — Sheila Heti Away Copy Share Image
It took me five or six years to write 'How Should a Person Be?' and there were many times when I felt… — Sheila Heti Discouraged Copy Share Image
I don't wear shoes that are going to give me any pain. I just cannot do that. — Sheila Heti Cannot Copy Share Image
“I know that character exists from the outside alone. I know that inside the body there's just temperature.” — Sheila Heti Temperature Copy Share Image
Everyone's always telling themselves stories about their lives, writers or not. — Sheila Heti About Copy Share Image
As a journalist, you don't tend to interview people with a view to becoming their friend. You can't expect that. It's not… — Sheila Heti Becoming Copy Share Image
You have to know where the funny is, and if you know where the funny is, you know everything. — Sheila Heti Comedy Copy Share Image
I kind of try to resist working a lot. I'm not a very disciplined worker. — Sheila Heti Kind Copy Share Image
“It is their everlasting switching that is the dangerous thing, not what they choose” — 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
