Sheila Heti Quotes - Page 2

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• I feel like one can have all of that as a writer; you're writing, you're reading, you're talking to interesting and intelligent people. Your life is structured around whatever book you're writing, and so is your reading and so are many of your conversations.

  Sheila Heti

  Book, Reading, Writing

  "Should I Go to Grad School?: An Interview with Sheila Heti". Interview with Jessica Loudis, www.newyorker.com. May 5, 2014.

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• I studied art history and philosophy and took economics and political science classes. I just took whatever I wanted and I didn't worry about grades and I read and learned a lot, and I didn't have much of a social life, so it was deeply absorbing.

  Sheila Heti

  Art, Philosophy, Class

  "Should I Go to Grad School?: An Interview with Sheila Heti". Interview with Jessica Loudis, www.newyorker.com. May 5, 2014.

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• When I'm editing, I try to bring out some dramatic structure. I think it is about theater in some way; it is a little play.

  Sheila Heti

  Thinking, Editing, Play

  Source: therumpus.net

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• It's fun to give pleasure to people.

  Sheila Heti

  Fun, People, Giving

  Source: therumpus.net

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• My parents are both scientists, and I was raised without god.

  Sheila Heti

  Parent, Scientist, Raised

  Source: therumpus.net

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• It's so hard to live that one needs a support around life. We can't live without some supernatural support.

  Sheila Heti

  Support, Needs, Hard

  Source: therumpus.net

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• There are times when things are clear in your head and your heart and everything comes all aligned and it's easy and it just feels good to do something. But most of the time it's not like that. Most of the time there's conflict between your head and your heart.

  Sheila Heti

  Heart, Feel Good, Conflict

  Source: therumpus.net

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• I kind of try to resist working a lot. I'm not a very disciplined worker.

  Sheila Heti

  Trying, Kind, Working A Lot

  Source: therumpus.net

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• Then if he's sore with me, let him dump my ass. That will just give me more time to be a genius.

  Sheila Heti

  Women, Giving, Genius

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