Sheila Heti Quotes

There's so much to learn in writing and in life, and in any particular era in one's life, it seems like a few concerns have to be dealt with at once or else something really bad could happen. Writing seems like the place to deal with those concerns.

Sheila Heti

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

LifeWritingLearnBadPlaceHappen

I have done research about people who think they're doing movements and people - like Madonna and professional dancers - who are actually 'performing' movements. The people who can connect and perform during their workout get results way above and beyond the people who are just going through the motions.

Tracy Anderson

PeopleResearchThinkDoingResults

I had a few pimples here and there when I was 14. Never had braces though, thank God. A girl in my class had, like, the big helmet of head gear. I felt so bad for her. People always made fun of me enough because of my name.

River Viiperi

GirlGodFunPeopleMeThank God

I've always been interested in what else is here, what lies beneath.

RuPaul

AlwaysHereBeenLiesInterested

Going to Cambodia to cover the genocide trials, I did read a lot about the Khmer Rouge; I read a lot about the country and its history.

Michael Paterniti

HistoryCountryTrialsGenocideRead

There is a long dishonourable tradition of western intellectuals who have been duped by Moscow. The list includes Bernard Shaw, the Webbs, H. G. Wells, and Andre Gide.

Luke Harding

TraditionLongBeenWhoMoscowList

Love is not love, without a violin playing goat.

Julia Roberts

LoveLove IsViolinWithoutGoat

It is true that there are few plays of Shakespeare that I haven't done.

Judi Dench

DoneTrueShakespeareFewPlays

I really didn't have a big relationship with Vegas until I was in my 20s, and now I probably come out four or five times a year. I love it.

Christina Tosi

LoveRelationshipYearVegasNow

I'm always trying to switch voices and genres.

Colson Whitehead

TryingAlwaysVoicesSwitchGenres

I'm so sick of people shaming women for being sensitive or vulnerable. It's so bizarre to me... I do have those qualities, and I just don't think there's anything wrong with them.

Winona Ryder

WomenPeopleMeSickThinkWrong

Listening to Alabama Shakes made me less self-conscious about my voice.

SZA

MeListeningVoiceAlabamaShakes

Everyone has challenges and lessons to learn - we wouldn't be who we are without them.

Sean Combs

ChallengesLearnEveryoneWithout

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