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Sheila Heti is a Canadian writer born on December 25, 1976. Her works are known for their unique narrative style and profound self-reflection.

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“Writing fiction is a good way to inhabit other minds, if not other lives.”

Ifs Way Writing Mind Fiction Good Way Writing Fiction

Author:Sheila Heti

“I think a lot of people try to edit themselves out and I think that's a big mistake, because the person being interviewed is responding to a person, and if you don't know who that person is then you don't really know what's going on with the person being interviewed.”

People Ifs Thinking Knows Trying Persons Bigs Mistake Responding Edits Big Mistake

Author:Sheila Heti

“You have to know where the funny is, and if you know where the funny is, you know everything.”

Book:How Should a Person Be?: A Novel from Life

Source: How Should a Person Be?: A Novel from Life

“To go on and on about your soul is to miss the whole point of life. I could say that with more certainty if I knew the whole point of life.”

Ifs Soul Whole Missing Goes On Certainty Your Soul

Book:How Should a Person Be?: A Novel from Life

Source: How Should a Person Be?: A Novel from Life

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

Ifs Giving Women Genius Give Me Ass More Time Dump

Author:Sheila Heti

About the Author

Born: December 25, 1976
Known for: Writer
Quotes: 61

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