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Sheila Heti Quotes

For me, a memoir is supposed to be understood as a representation of your life, whereas a novel is self-consciously symbolic.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

Life Me Representation Memoir Your

There's not a lot of room anymore for what I call 'made-up' drama. The drama comes from real places now - marriage takes work and focus, the kid stuff takes patience and commitment. And if you don't grow as people and as a couple, within all of that, then you've got some real drama.

Work Marriage Patience Focus People

I have a house here in California and come back every month and a half to see my kids. And they come to New York.

New York Back House New California

While a people preserves its language; it preserves the marks of liberty.

People Language Liberty Marks While

I'm no natural beauty. If I'm gonna have any looks at all, I'm gonna have to create them.

Beauty Natural Beauty Create Looks

People and squirrels are very different. Most people will not argue that. But I find that there is one situation in which they're very similar. And that is: when I am driving towards them in my car. Then they're kind of hard to tell apart - especially if the human is kind of hairy.

Car I Am People Driving Find Kind

A life without fame can be a good life, but fame without a life is no life at all.

Life Good Good Life Fame Without

Married life suits me.

Brooklyn Decker

Life Me Suits Married Married Life

One cannot possibly understand the teaching of the saints unless one has a pure mind and is trying to imitate their life.

Life Mind Trying Understand Pure

If we practiced medicine like we practice education, we'd look for the liver on the right side and left side in alternate years.

Education Practice Medicine Look

By doubting we are led to question, by questioning we arrive at the truth.

Truth Question Questioning Arrive

No wife can endure a gambling husband; unless he is a steady winner.

Wife Husband Gambling Winner Steady

I have never had a better working experience than 'St. Elsewhere.' It's a supreme show.

Experience Better Never Working Show

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