“Perhaps I can carry my home on my back, if home is nothing but this cocoon, in which I can write and feel fine.” WritingHomeSelf SufficiencySafe SpaceCocoon Author:Sheila Heti
“Writing fiction is a good way to inhabit other minds, if not other lives.” IfsWayWritingMindFictionGood WayWriting Fiction Author:Sheila Heti
“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.” PeopleFeelsWritingBookLife IsReadingInterestingTalkingConversationIntelligent Author:Sheila Heti
“There's so much writing I could have done and so many ideas that I had and so many things I wanted to work on that I didn't. I like too much having things in my head rather than doing the work.” WritingIdeasDoneWantedToo Much Author:Sheila Heti