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
“That was it. She came out of it. She never had such a down as that or such an up as the… — Sheila Heti Heart 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'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
“All I'm saying is: if there's a pool and people are in the pool and you're not in the pool, you want… — Sheila Heti Nature 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 Copy Share Image
Only in our failures are we absolutely alone. Only in the pursuit of failure can a person really be free. Losers may… — Sheila Heti Age Copy Share Image
“Had anyone suggested at the time that it would not be the Egypt of the pharaohs that would survive and change the… — Sheila Heti Absurdity Copy Share Image
Women, post-menopause, go back to how they were before they started menstruating, and there's this great freedom in a woman's life when… — Sheila Heti Freedom Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
If you want to write from life, you can't really write a story. People are always changing, and I think if we… — Sheila Heti Body 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
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
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 Fiction 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 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
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
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 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
It has long been known to me that certain objects want you as much as you want them. These are the ones… — Sheila Heti Copy Share Image
I find that when I'm in a relationship, I'm just so 'in it,' you couldn't even call it an art; it's such… — Sheila Heti Art 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
Some of my favorite experiences of art are when I am there but my attention has wandered. I think stimulation is overrated,… — Sheila Heti Art 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 Copy Share Image
I studied art history and philosophy and took economics and political science classes. I just took whatever I wanted and I didn't… — 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 Copy Share Image
'The Chairs are Where the People Go' was told to me by my friend Misha Glouberman; I typed as he talked. In… — Sheila Heti Books 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 Copy Share Image
I feel like one can have all of that as a writer; you're writing, you're reading, you're talking to interesting and intelligent… — Sheila Heti Book Copy Share Image
