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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) →Other sayings from Sheila Heti
- “Few writers push the reader away with the coolness, dignity, and faint melancholy of Fleur Jaeggy.”Sheila Heti
- “There's something threatening about a woman who is not occupied with children... What sort of trouble will sh…”Sheila Heti
- “Our delusions of omniscience play a role in our ideas of not only what we want but also what we want to escap…”Sheila Heti
- “Trying to live the image of the life which you have in your head... it's really hard not to do that, but I do…”Sheila Heti
Explore Friendship
- “Feminism means something - legislation, cultural change - but 'Girl Power' meant nothing more than being frie…”Caitlin Moran
- “Finding the courage to break away from other people’s opinions, and your self-limiting thoughts, could be the…”Mensah Oteh
- “It does not mean you're broken to have depression and anxiety. I would encourage you to speak out. Don't hold…”Dan Reynolds
Explore Art
- “I never drew a picture of anything that was before me but always from fancy, a sure sign of the absence of ar…”Robert Louis Stevenson
- “Shy Carter helped me write 'One Call Away.' He is a brand new artist. I really want to help jumpstart his car…”Charlie Puth
- “My mother and my father are both very funny people, and they're both artistic in their own right. Oftentimes,…”Lulu Wang
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Books by Sheila Heti
How should a person be?
2013
Women in clothes
2014
Alphabetical Diaries
2024
Ticknor
2007