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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
- “I just always try to respond to what I'm most interested in at the moment - that hasn't changed.”Sheila Heti
- “I feel like every single time I've published a book, there's some little light in me that goes out. I've seen…”Sheila Heti
- “Only in our failures are we absolutely alone. Only in the pursuit of failure can a person really be free. Los…”Sheila Heti
- “Everyone's always telling themselves stories about their lives, writers or not.”Sheila Heti
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- “All photographers have to do, is find and catch the story-telling moment.”Alfred Eisenstaedt
- “Sophisticated readers understand that writers work out their anger, their conflicts, their endless grief and…”Amy Bloom
- “I don't use film cameras. I don't do visual effects the same way. We don't use miniature models; it's all CG…”James Cameron
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- “Until the 20th century it was generally assumed that a writer had said what he had to say in his works.”John Updike
- “I got into writing to become a 'Star Trek' writer. I was a rabid fan. I had shelves and shelves and shelves o…”Bryan Fuller
- “It was not my intention - it never was - to invent a character who should speak for me, the author, in person…”Eudora Welty
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Books by Sheila Heti
How should a person be?
2013
Women in clothes
2014
Alphabetical Diaries
2024
Ticknor
2007