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Everyone is their own kind of poet - you can't miss it when their words are written down.

~Sheila Heti

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

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'The Chairs are Where the People Go' was told to me by my friend Misha Glouberman; I typed as he talked. In 'How Should a Person Be?' the transcribed dialogues between me and my friends help form the structure of the book.

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People don't know who I am from my clothes, and they don't need to.

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There's so much anxiety about being understood - and being understood through what you wear.

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In my experience, women who are taken seriously take themselves seriously. It's not what you wear.

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I don't wear shoes that are going to give me any pain. I just cannot do that.

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I wished to have the time to put together a world view, but there was never enough time, and also, those who had it seemed to have had it from a very young age; they didn't begin at forty.

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There's something threatening about a woman who is not occupied with children... What sort of trouble will she make?

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Just because you are alive does not mean you have to give life.

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Biography

Nationality: Canadian

Type: Writer

Born: December 25th, 1976

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