Sheila Heti Quotes

The reason I write is because I have questions. What I don't want is for people to forget that I'm a novelist and think I'm a sociologist or something. I don't want to feel trapped into a corner where I don't belong.

Sheila Heti

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

PeopleThinkFeelQuestionsForget

There's so much humor in serious things sometimes.

Andrea Navedo

HumorSeriousSometimesThingsMuch

Joe Frazier was the epitome of a champion. I mean, here is a guy who was total old school, blue collar, who would fight anybody. You know, he didn't tell you he was the best fighter pound for pound.

Sugar Ray Leonard

BestFightSchoolBlueChampionYou

Reshoots are par for the course on any film. For me, I kind of love it because, as an actor, you always feel that there was a way you could have done it differently. Being able to go back and do some stuff again is always a blessing in my eyes.

Riz Ahmed

LoveEyesBlessingMeFeelYou

Many of the things we do at Basecamp would be considered unusual at most companies: paying for employees' hobbies, allowing our team to work from anywhere, even footing the bill for fresh fruits and veggies in our staff members' homes.

Jason Fried

WorkTeamEmployeesHobbiesFresh

We've had enough with the gun shows where you can buy from private sellers with no FBI background check.

Dick Durbin

GunEnoughYouCheckBuyFBI

To make money for college, I worked in our college dining room.

Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni

MoneyCollegeDiningRoomMakeOur

I dearly remember the old days... Fleetwood Mac had this one-of-a-kind charm. They were gregarious, charming and cheeky onstage. Very cheeky. They'd have a good time.

Christine McVie

GoodTimeRememberOldDaysCharm

I'm really a fighter against modernism equaling brutalism.

Peter Marino

FighterAgainstModernismReally

All of my guy friends are pretty civil and tame.

Thomas Middleditch

FriendsPrettyGuyCivilTame

I can't imagine how much time it took Matt Bucy to cut up 'The Wizard of Oz' and reassemble every word of dialog into alphabetical order. The resulting movie is called 'Of Oz the Wizard.'

Mark Frauenfelder

TimeUpOrderImagineCutWizard

I wrote my first song, 'Conversion', to this little hip-hop instrumental. I went to an open-mic, plugged my iPod into the P.A., and sang over the beat.

Leon Bridges

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I started writing stories in my spare time.

Ken Follett

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