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About Sheila Heti
Canadian writer in English
Sheila Heti is a Canadian writer who works in English and is known for fiction and essays. She has 95 quotes on the site. Her work is associated with contemporary literary writing, and she is known for a voice that moves between personal reflection and sharper cultural observation. The available facts identify her simply as a writer, with no further biographical details given here.
More from Sheila Heti (95 quotes) →Keep reading Sheila Heti
- “Laurie Simmons began showing her photographs in New York in the late '70s: black-and-white and then candy-col…”Sheila Heti
- “To add something to the world should be the question, not not adding something to the world.”Sheila Heti
- “For myself, I feel more natural writing stories or novels than writing plays. I feel more like myself, like I…”Sheila Heti
- “No child, through her own will, can pull a mother out of her suffering, and as an adult, I have been very bus…”Sheila Heti
Reflections: more sayings
- “If you don't have a child, you're not a real woman. I know the ERA people will kill me for saying that.”Erin Gray
- “My stepfather was a military man: he was in the Air Force. Reserve. You thought he'd seen front-line action,…”Fred Willard
- “My hair is really easy. I used to wear it very curly on air, but they prefer a smoother look on television. I…”Sunny Hostin
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Books by Sheila Heti
How should a person be?
2013
Women in clothes
2014
Alphabetical Diaries
2024
Ticknor
2007