“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.” PeopleIfsThinkingKnowsTryingPersonsBigsMistakeRespondingEditsBig Mistake Author:Sheila Heti
“In the transcribing and the editing, you want some retention of how the person speaks - you don't want to edit out all of the hesitations and idiosyncrasies. And to get people to say something they've never said before. That's big.” PeopleWantPersonsSaidBigsSpeakEditingEditsHesitationIdiosyncrasiesRetentionTranscribing Author:Sheila Heti
“There are certain people who do not feel like they were raised by wolves, and they are the ones who make the world tick. They are the ones who keep everything functioning so the rest of us can worry about what sort of person we should be.” PeopleWorldFeelsShouldPersonsCertainWorryRaisedTick Book:How Should a Person Be?: A Novel from Life Source: How Should a Person Be?: A Novel from Life