Sheila Heti Quotes

Writing, for me, when I'm writing in the first-person, is like a form of acting. So as I'm writing, the character or self I'm writing about and my whole self - when I began the book - become entwined. It's soon hard to tell them apart. The voice I'm trying to explore directs my own perceptions and thoughts.

Sheila Heti

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

CharacterMeThoughtsWritingBook

There's nothing more mainstream than equal pay for equal work. I mean, it's completely obvious that's what feminism should be for, and for women's right to choose what happens to their own bodies.

Joanna Coles

WorkWomenChooseNothingMoreMean

All this size 0! A bit ridiculous. There's something creepy about fashion shows. The models look like they're going to be tortured. They do this strange pony walk; their heels are so high, they can hardly walk. Creepy!

Jerry Hall

WalkFashionLookRidiculousStrange

I know I have the ability to do so much more than just stand in front of the camera the rest of my life.

Jennie Garth

LifeRestStandMy LifeCameraKnow

My hometown was one of the major U.S. Air Force bases.

Ang Lee

HometownAir ForceAirForceMajor

It always interests me how obsessed people are about age.

Amanda Burton

AgePeopleMeAlwaysHowObsessed

As I continued to make content, a lot of YouTubers from within the community reached out and said, 'Hey, you're doing a great job. Would you like to do a collab? Can I help you out in any way?'

Rosanna Pansino

CommunityGreatJobDoingHelpYou

It's hard to be what you can't see.

Jason Reynolds

YouHardSee

In our daily lives, we see ourselves often in very reductive ways. I want to explore motion, change and flux, whether we are looking in the mirror or seeing ourselves in our surroundings. The singular view of self contradicts the act of living.

Doug Aitken

ChangeDailyMirrorLookingSelf

History is just littered with problems that were solved that were supposed to be impossible.

Paul Wolfowitz

HistoryImpossibleProblemsJust

I like to think of 'Illuminate' as the mature version of the previous one, a year older, more experience.

Shawn Mendes

ExperienceThinkYearMatureMore

In the U.S. and abroad, there's incredible positivity towards Hyperloop. People are excited about it, and it's really begun to capture people's imaginations.

Shervin Pishevar

PeopleCaptureExcitedPositivity

Human civilization as we know it is like the Titanic headed for the iceberg, whether the iceberg be nuclear, environmental or terrorism-related.

Marianne Williamson

EnvironmentalCivilizationKnowHuman

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