172 Quotes by Sheila Heti

Nonfiction, to me, feels like an argument, whereas a novel is like a series of questions.

No child, through her own will, can pull a mother out of her suffering, and as an adult, I have been very busy.

We're so sure of what our unlived lives would have been like that we feel guilty for not living them - for not living up to our potential.

I didn't wander into motherhood or nonmotherhood unconsciously, recklessly. I gave it due consideration.

Our delusions of omniscience play a role in our ideas of not only what we want but also what we want to escape.

You think you're writing the most important book, you think you're writing the most stupid book, and you never really know before it's done that it's going to be done.

I see friends of mine who have kids and continue to do their art. It's deeply impressive. I can't even fit an Amazon return into the day. It's been sitting on my desk for two weeks.

If you want to write from life, you can't really write a story. People are always changing, and I think if we didn't look the same day-to-day, and our self weren't always in our body, would we even be the same? The continuity is in our bodies.

Every choice you make has higher stakes - or that's how it feels.