Stand-up comedians have a very important relationship to Twitter. For them, it’s a place to try out material. Sheila Heti Read Quote
I didn’t study English literature – I studied philosophy at university – so Kierkegaard, Nietzsche – these people are among the most important writers to me. So my interest is in the big questions more than it is in storytelling. Sheila Heti Read Quote
I really enjoyed the process of ‘Women in Clothes,’ but there’s no way I would have done that again. It felt more like being an editor than a writer, and I longed to write again. Sheila Heti Read Quote
I wanted to talk to a lot of women about their experiences along the path to motherhood – or along the path to not being a mother. Sheila Heti Read Quote
As a journalist, you don’t tend to interview people with a view to becoming their friend. You can’t expect that. It’s not professional. Sheila Heti Read Quote
There’s something threatening about a woman who is not occupied with children… What sort of trouble will she make? Sheila Heti Read Quote
I remember going over proofs of this book – my first book – back in 2001, in a bar in Toronto called the ‘Victory Cafe’, and thinking sadly to myself, ‘This is a very good manuscript but not a very good book.’ I don’t know what I meant by that, but I was pretty heartbroken and sure it was true. Sheila Heti Read Quote
