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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
- “Some of my favorite experiences of art are when I am there but my attention has wandered. I think stimulation…”Sheila Heti
- “The thing to do when you're feeling ambivalent is to wait.”Sheila Heti
- “I remember going over proofs of this book - my first book - back in 2001, in a bar in Toronto called the 'Vic…”Sheila Heti
- “Sometimes you can't write a novel for weeks and weeks, but it's good for your self-esteem to work on somethin…”Sheila Heti
Patience: more sayings
- “His was the gaze of a high-end predator, throwing it's prey a seductive look, waiting for the perfect moment…”Zoe Forward
- “Don’t rush, just because you have reasons! Reason with the reasons and take definite action in the right dire…”Ernest Agyemang Yeboah
- “Gosnell turned almost no one away from the Women’s Medical Society clinic. This is not meant as a compliment.…”Ann McElhinney
Explore Art
- “I grew up in an non-athletic family, where my parents were interested in music, in literature, in education a…”Bill Walton
- “To write a poem you must have a streak of arrogance-- not in real life I hope. In real life try to be nice. I…”Richard Hugo
- “'Art or anti-art?' was the question I asked when I returned from Munich in 1912 and decided to abandon pure p…”Marcel Duchamp
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Books by Sheila Heti
How should a person be?
2013
Women in clothes
2014
Alphabetical Diaries
2024
Ticknor
2007