“The reason I write is because I have questions. What I don't want is f...” — Sheila Heti Quote

“The reason I write is because I have questions. What I don't want is for people to forget that I'm a novelist and think I'm a sociologist or something. I don't want to feel trapped into a corner where I don't belong.”

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

“Most fiction writers are driven to find their own 'voice,' but I am more interested in the voices of others.”

“Our Bollywood stars who talk of being part of 100 crore films, I think I belong to the 1,000 crore club.”

“You have to get it in your brain that you don't belong to yourself as an actor, but that you belong to the director who creates the character.”

“In the Western Church to which I belong, priests cannot be married as in the Byzantine, Ukrainian, Russian or Greek Catholic Churches. In those churches, the priests can be married, but the bishops have to be celibate. They are very good priests.”