One good thing about being a woman is we haven't too many examples yet of what a genius looks like. It could be me.
Sheila HetiI've always had individual friends, but I didn't find the people I wanted to learn from as an adult until my midtwenties.
Sheila HetiLiterature and art are one of a number of relationships I have with the world. Like you have relationships with your friends and a relationship with your lover and your relationship with your family and your relationship with your work - sometimes it's really great; sometimes it's non-existent, sometimes it's fruitful.
Sheila Heti