Sheila Heti Quotes

I don't regret any decisions I've made in my life.

I don't plan a career. That doesn't work for me. I just have to go with my gut.

I don't regret any steps that I take in life.

In your 40s, you kind of know how things are likely to go, and you're better at saying, 'You know what? That just doesn't suit me...' I remember thinking in my 30s, 'I should go to Burning Man. I could be a Burning Man person.' And in my 40s, I'm like, 'You know what? I'm never going to go to Burning Man.'

I have no regrets, none whatsoever.

You can't be afraid to not have everything figured out. There's too much pressure on young people today to have it all figured out when they're in college.

I knew what I wanted to do when I was 13 and I had to go through four years of high school to get out. That's a blessing, because I never had to lay on my bed staring up at the ceiling going, 'What am I going to do with my life?'

I realised it was only me who was stopping myself from living my life.

Learning what you don't want to do is pretty valuable, it may be as valuable as figuring out what it is you do want to do.

Maybe I don't take myself so seriously any more. And I don't care how I'm judged. I'm past all that.

You don't want to spend your life explaining yourself.

Once you figure out who you are and what you love about yourself, I think it all kinda falls into place.

I just am who I am.

Really rejoice in being yourself. Have your own drumbeat.

The truth sets you free. It's a very liberating thing, when you say this is who I am warts and all and then you can just get on with life. It's amazing.

Young kids don't have their identity, so everything is so important. Now I'm mature. I know who I am and I know what my thing is and I know what I'm bringing. It's very clear and defined.

You should wear what you want to wear and not worry about trying to paint yourself in a certain image because that self-awareness is what's going to help you become a more independent and more interesting and healthier adult.

To live is to choose. But to choose well, you must know who you are and what you stand for, where you want to go and why you want to get there.

I think, as I've gotten older, I've been able to be more reckless with my choices, because practically speaking, you get less careful. Your choices become more instinctive, and you feel like if you make a mistake, it won't destroy you.

I've realised that nobody's going to die if I don't get it right and that there are a number of things out there, beyond acting, that are very interesting and fulfilling.

The moment that you feel that just possibly you are walking down the street naked... that's the moment you may be starting to get it right.

I have a unique history. There's no way to ever separate what your life would have been like if you had taken a different path. You have to embrace what is yours, and if you don't like it, you have to decide to change it.

Nature of course is the best guide in the matter of choosing a pursuit.

Accept yourself as you are. Otherwise you will never see opportunity. You will not feel free to move toward it; you will feel you are not deserving.

Your life starts to take shape at 30. You don't have to make excuses for who you are anymore.