Sheila Heti Quotes

I saw what was wonderful about human companionship. Before that, I was quite content to be alone, to be a solitary wandering person, and I thought I always would be. Love changed that.

Sheila Heti

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: canadian
  • Birth: December 25, 1976

Topics

LoveAloneThoughtPersonHumanSaw

I really believe in not compromising your art. I feel like I've never compromised my art.

Jim James

ArtBelieveFeelNeverI Feel Like

I will try to make our politics more human.

Andrej Kiska

PoliticsWillTryMoreHumanOur

I do remember once going to Salzburg in Austria. Liverpool were playing a European game there, and they put me in a box behind glass. I hate being behind glass; I always want to feel part of the action.

John Motson

HateMeActionGameFeelRemember

My name became known because I was, one might say accidentally the target of state repression and because so many people throughout the country and other parts of the world organized around the demand for my freedom.

Angela Davis

FreedomPeopleWorldNameTarget

Many writers learned their craft and work ethic at a newspaper. I benefited from that.

Michael Connelly

WorkWork EthicNewspaperCraftMany

I am from Florida, so I didn't 'grow up' on Wu-Tang.

Amanda Seales

I AmGrowGrow UpFloridaUpAm

I want to sing because I want to sing.

Trisha Yearwood

WantBecauseSing

Even the way Mamet describes silences within his plays is different. There are pauses; there are pauses within parentheses; there are pauses before dialogue; there are pauses in the spaces between the dialogue - there's this extraordinary vocabulary of silence which is all there on the page, mapped out.

Tom Sturridge

SilencePageWayVocabularyWithin

I am extremely interested in how people negotiate catastrophe, not because I'm morbidly interested in it but because I'm interested in the secret of resilience; that's what I'm always exploring in the stories and the novels.

Janette Turner Hospital

I AmPeopleResilienceExploring

I don't have any formula for ousting a dictator or building democracy. All I can suggest is to forget about yourself and just think of your people. It's always the people who make things happen.

Corazon Aquino

YourselfPeopleDemocracyBuilding

I would love to be the lead in an action movie. I would love to be like Emily Blunt in 'Edge of Tomorrow.'

Pom Klementieff

LoveTomorrowActionEdgeLeadLike

Find $50 a month for savings. No excuses!

Suze Orman

ExcusesFindSavingsMonth

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