Sheila Heti Quotes

I've written about women's lives, and I just want to write about them from being a woman. I don't need feminism on top of that when I'm writing.

Sheila Heti

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

WomenWomanWritingWantTopNeed

I definitely try to keep some level of style on my days off because you never know who's going to snap your picture.

Jesse Lee Soffer

StylePictureYouKnowTryNever

You don't make a poem with ideas, but with words.

Stephane Mallarme

WordsPoetryIdeasYouPoemMake

I've never wanted my kid faced with the idea of, 'Who's the fat guy sitting in the living room? What the hell is he doing?' I figure I might as well go to work so he can say his dad works.

Roger Ailes

WorkHellFatDoingLivingSitting

Obama was late to affirm the Egyptian revolution as a democratic movement, and even then he was eager to have installed those military leaders who were known for their practices of torture.

Judith Butler

RevolutionLateMilitaryMovement

The powers of government exercised locally derive from a federal law authorizing government by consent in local affairs only, unless those affairs are otherwise governed by federal law.

Dick Thornburgh

GovernmentLawConsentOnlyLocally

Changing my name has been like a formal rite of passage.

Anohni

NameChangingBeenLikePassage

The experience of playing EuroLeague ball gave myself a different perspective on just the way the game's played. Every possession matters. Everything has to be on point. Offence, defensively - everybody has to be connected.

Anthony Bennett

MyselfPerspectiveExperienceGame

I think, as a musician and person, Justin Timberlake is someone I've always looked up to.

Shawn Mendes

ThinkSomeonePersonAlwaysUp

I wasn't sure how my dad would react. There was an agent sitting behind them and he told me he was embarrassed to watch the scenes. My parents have always been very open. They trust my decisions.

Shannon Elizabeth

TrustParentsMeDecisionsSitting

Whenever the very rich hold views at odds with those of the entire population, the federal government tends to do the rich's bidding.

Timothy Noah

GovernmentRichOddsHoldPopulation

Jesus is much more concerned about shaking your foundations, giving you an utterly alternative self image, world image, and God image, and thus reframing your entire reality. Mere inspiration can never do this.

Richard Rohr

GodWorldSelfRealityGivingYou

'S.N.L.' is the comedy establishment. Of course you want to go through that, because you want that stamp of approval. But it has its own identity, and our voices didn't mesh for whatever reason - or they decided we didn't belong.

Noel Wells

IdentityComedyYouGoWantReason

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