Tove Jansson was the most successful Finnish illustrator and writer of children's books of her day, and she was the most widely… — Sheila Heti Artist 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
It's so hard to live that one needs a support around life. We can't live without some supernatural support. — Sheila Heti Hard Copy Share Image
I hadn't realized until this week that in [Moses'] youth he killed a man, an Egyptian, and buried him under some sandI… — Sheila Heti Asks Copy Share Image
“The most compelling women are the ones who are distinctive, who are most like themselves and least like other women.” — Sheila Heti Copy Share Image
I remember going over proofs of this book - my first book - back in 2001, in a bar in Toronto called… — Sheila Heti Book Copy Share Image
“It’s like being a good curator—like Barnes—getting the combination of everything so right that nobody even questions it; making a hard thing… — Sheila Heti Copy Share Image
I didn't study English literature - I studied philosophy at university - so Kierkegaard, Nietzsche - these people are among the most… — Sheila Heti Big Copy Share Image
There was not an awareness of pop culture in the household. There was a lot of respect for working hard, and for… — Sheila Heti Achievement Copy Share Image
There are certain people who do not feel like they were raised by wolves, and they are the ones who make the… — Sheila Heti Certain 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
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
Maybe that's good to not feel like you have to keep up when there's so much to keep up with right now.… — Sheila Heti Feels Copy Share Image
There is a kind of sadness in not wanting the things that give so many other people their life's meaning. There can… — Sheila Heti Life Copy Share Image
There's so much writing I could have done and so many ideas that I had and so many things I wanted to… — Sheila Heti Done Copy Share Image
I have this memory of being 15 years old, sitting with a friend on the steps of a little bookstore on Bloor… — Sheila Heti Friendship Copy Share Image
Sometimes you can't write a novel for weeks and weeks, but it's good for your self-esteem to work on something else. — Sheila Heti Books Copy Share Image
Writing plays, I've always felt a little like I'm guessing - less sure of what's good and what's not good. I think… — Sheila Heti Art Copy Share Image
“It is their everlasting switching that is the dangerous thing, not what they choose” — Sheila Heti Copy Share Image
A woman will always be made to feel like a criminal, whatever choice she makes, however hard she tries. Mothers feel like… — Sheila Heti Choice Copy Share Image
I'm happy that I wrote 'How Should a Person Be?' and I wouldn't have written that exact book if we had just… — Sheila Heti Book Copy Share Image
In my experience, women who are taken seriously take themselves seriously. It's not what you wear. — Sheila Heti Experience Copy Share Image
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