There are times when things are clear in your head and your heart and everything comes all aligned and it's easy and… — Sheila Heti Clear Copy Share Image
To go on and on about your soul is to miss the whole point of life. I could say that with more… — Sheila Heti Certainty 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
“That was it. She came out of it. She never had such a down as that or such an up as the… — Sheila Heti Life Copy Share Image
“Aside from blow jobs, though, I'm through with being the perfect girlfriend, just through with it. Then if he's sore with me,… — Sheila Heti Blow job Copy Share Image
I think a lot of people try to edit themselves out and I think that's a big mistake, because the person being… — Sheila Heti Big mistake Copy Share Image
“But two years into our parties, I surveyed the scene from the corner and wondered, Why are we having these parties? What… — Sheila Heti Coming together Copy Share Image
I saw what was wonderful about human companionship. Before that, I was quite content to be alone, to be a solitary wandering… — Sheila Heti Alone Copy Share Image
I don't really have a schedule; I just get up in the morning. I work at home. I don't feel that my… — Sheila Heti Home Copy Share Image
“I did value Margaux, but only now did I understand something I had not before: Margaux was not like the stars in… — Sheila Heti Stars in the sky 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
To me, something that's beautiful in terms of a book is something that lives inside the reader both as a discrete and… — Sheila Heti Beautiful 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
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
In the transcribing and the editing, you want some retention of how the person speaks - you don't want to edit out… — Sheila Heti Bigs Copy Share Image
Nonfiction, to me, feels like an argument, whereas a novel is like a series of questions. — Sheila Heti Argument Copy Share Image
We don't know the effects we have on each other, but we have them. — Sheila Heti Effects Copy Share Image
Stand-up comedians have a very important relationship to Twitter. For them, it's a place to try out material. — Sheila Heti Important 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
I didn't wander into motherhood or nonmotherhood unconsciously, recklessly. I gave it due consideration. — Sheila Heti Consideration Copy Share Image
“To me it’s also talking about how it’s okay to have your own identity in the face of all this pressure to… — Sheila Heti Identity Copy Share Image
I wished to have the time to put together a world view, but there was never enough time, and also, those who… — Sheila Heti Age Copy Share Image
People don't know who I am from my clothes, and they don't need to. — Sheila Heti Clothes Copy Share Image
