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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) →More quotes by Sheila Heti
- “For me, a memoir is supposed to be understood as a representation of your life, whereas a novel is self-consc…”Sheila Heti
- “I don't think about the reader when I'm writing, but I do when I'm editing, of course. For instance, I self-c…”Sheila Heti
- “There's so much anxiety about being understood - and being understood through what you wear.”Sheila Heti
- “People don't know who I am from my clothes, and they don't need to.”Sheila Heti
Writing: more sayings
- “O wayfarer! Yearn finds quench, not in meadows, seashores or altitude of mountain peaks; but when being becom…”Shah Asad Rizvi
- “Being a writer is like having homework every night for the rest of your life.”Lawrence Kasdan
- “My mom is a teacher, my dad was a writer for television, his dad was a writer for television, and combining t…”Joss Whedon
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Books by Sheila Heti
How should a person be?
2013
Women in clothes
2014
Alphabetical Diaries
2024
Ticknor
2007