Sheila Heti Quotes

I'm happy that I wrote 'How Should a Person Be?' and I wouldn't have written that exact book if we had just done the play. So much of the book is about the anxiety of failure - the failure of the play and the failure of the divorce and the failure of not feeling like a good person.

Sheila Heti

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

FailureGoodHappyBookAnxiety

I introduced H.Res 430, a congressional resolution calling upon the president to declare a National Day of Prayer for Law Enforcement.

John Fleming

DayPrayerLawLaw Enforcement

I was unemployable when I got out of college.

Jeffrey Eugenides

CollegeOutGot

I'm just a follower.

Sia

FollowerJust

The main thing I'm into is going about on a bike, taking random routes; I'm really into the idea of making up journeys, and just seeing where they take you, because they always end up taking you someplace freaky.

Tom Jenkinson

BikeRandomEndYouSeeingAlways

In MMA it's a lot less intimidating because it's not like you get one shot at a title every four years. You get a title shot every couple of months... With the Olympics, you don't always have this, so there is so much more pressure involved.

Ronda Rousey

PressureYouMoreAlwaysYearsMMA

Saddle your dreams before you ride em.

Mary Webb

DreamsYour DreamsRideYouYour

I really don't want to say goodbye to any of you people.

Christa McAuliffe

PeopleGoodbyeYouSayWantReally

I lost myself, and a lot of characters I played, I have latched onto some of their identities just because I was so lacking in anything of my own.

Christian Slater

MyselfLostJust BecauseMy OwnOwn

Critics are like eunuchs in a harem; they know how it's done, they've seen it done every day, but they're unable to do it themselves.

Brendan Behan

DayEvery DayKnowDoneCriticsHow

What helps me go forward is that I stay receptive, I feel that anything can happen.

Anouk Aimee

MeForwardFeelGoHappenAnything

The talent that has to be learned is finding out what someone's passion is and setting them up to realize that. You don't get the best work from people if you're guiding them versus them guiding themselves.

Pete Cashmore

WorkPassionBestTalentPeopleYou

When we win, I'm excited about winning. That way, I get the ups and downs of a football season. But I also know that it's never as good as it seems; it's never as bad as seems. You always have to stay focused because you never know, for me. My role, it could expand. So you just got to always be ready.

Tim Tebow

GoodFootballStay FocusedMeWin

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