Canadian - Writer | December 25, 1976 -
No child, through her own will, can pull a mother out of her suffering, and as an adult, I have been very busy.
Sheila Heti
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We're so sure of what our unlived lives would have been like that we feel guilty for not living them - for not living up to our potential.
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Our delusions of omniscience play a role in our ideas of not only what we want but also what we want to escape.
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I see friends of mine who have kids and continue to do their art. It's deeply impressive. I can't even fit an Amazon return into the day. It's been sitting on my desk for two weeks.
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Every choice you make has higher stakes - or that's how it feels.
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I wanted to talk to a lot of women about their experiences along the path to motherhood - or along the path to not being a mother.
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I really enjoyed the process of 'Women in Clothes,' but there's no way I would have done that again. It felt more like being an editor than a writer, and I longed to write again.
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I didn't study English literature - I studied philosophy at university - so Kierkegaard, Nietzsche - these people are among the most important writers to me. So my interest is in the big questions more than it is in storytelling.
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Stand-up comedians have a very important relationship to Twitter. For them, it's a place to try out material.
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