Heidi Quotes

It's fascinating to imagine two successful writers in one house. But when you think about it, it isn't very unusual. In fact, so many writers have writer spouses.

I calmed myself by walking into my nearby bookstore and marveling at all the books other people had written. So many people had finished and published novels; it couldn’t be so hard, right?

Home is the place where, when you go there, they have to take you in. In other words: Home has exceedingly low standards.

If I'd done the discovery before I wrote the book, then there would be nothing to discover. It would feel dutiful instead of exciting.

I obviously read and adore traditional fiction. I teach traditional fiction; I also teach all kinds of not-so-traditional fiction.

I don't usually read my reviews. I've noticed older reviewers are much more bothered by the plot complications. Younger reviews don't seem to be bothered by the complications at all.

I don't think women are, by definition, toxic to one another. I think women are simultaneously competitive toward and idolatrous of each other. I thrive on that challenge and that desire.

I developed a crazy face rash after I got engaged to a guy I must have known somewhere I should not marry. I hadn't articulated this to myself, so my face told the world instead.

Maybe the body is taking responsibility where the mind is not. It's scrapbooking for us.

I like playing with a popular cliché and making it my own by half-embracing it, half-disemboweling it.

I love this idea of the body as a trauma archive!

I always think it's useful to get an outside opinion.

If I can just stop being so stressed out, maybe my cancer will get better! This is far less scary than treating a disease of unknown etiology.

If, at some future point, my face collapses around my eyes, I'd probably do something about it. My eyes are where I live, and if people couldn't see them, no one would know me.

Whether I'm writing about plumbers or psychics or psychic plumbers, I want to find a creative space that imprisons me usefully, so I can deviate with purpose.

As such, anything is always possible, even if your protagonist is a plumber. But it's the possibility, the limitless possibilities, of any fake life, that make writing about it so challenging.

Structure is, for me, the most fun challenge about writing novels.

When my husband first read a draft, he said, "You spend too much time describing the characters' outfits." He was right. I removed much of the clothes talk, but quite a bit remained.

I wish somebody knew whether or not I'm Jewish.

I needed to understand this random bad bit of luck as part of a bigger design. Otherwise I was suffering meaninglessly. This made the suffering a lot worse.

I really did for a few weeks think, I'm in pain because the world needs me to save it. Which is so ridiculous and egotistical.

Sometimes it can be useful to read your bad reviews.

You should never read online comments if you want to keep thoughts above the belt.

As a writer, you want to go somewhere else sometimes. You want to vary the terrain that you're exploring.

There are some writers who are done when they finish a draft because they've thought it through beforehand. Whereas I'll finish a first draft and I'm nowhere near done.

Some people just make me feel mentally endangered. Whatever dark stuff is going on in their head, it's coming at me and I need to escape.

The belief that one's suffering has a greater cosmic purpose, and is thus more exciting and more noble, well, it made a lot of sense to me.

I guess what I find so interesting about memory, and its role in a person's identity, is how the attempt to achieve accuracy requires you to remove yourself from your life in an authorial manner.

I used to have a really sharp memory. And its loss has proven destabilizing from an identity perspective.

When you are expending much energy on someone else's demise, it's like you weaken your psychic immune system.

The dreamed outcome of launching a psychic attack can make you feel small and petty. I think for that reason I'm going to refrain from launching any.

I like doing small parts, because I don't feel I'm that practised in acting. It's like making baby steps towards a bigger goal.

When I came out of school I didn't even think that modeling was a job.

I danced for 15 years of my life. Which was my love and my passion.

I have always been too round to do fashion shows.

When I came to America, I was really into all the things people eat here. . . . People called me Muffin because I would eat muffins all the time.

I certainly like working in Germany.

It's important for children to see what's out there and learn that it's fun to go.

I like basketball, and I've been to three games, which is so much more fun than seeing it on TV, I think.

Apart from sharing my tips on toys or snacks, I'm open to hearing new ideas from other moms. I want to learn, too.

With my busy schedule, it's impossible to have a set fitness routine. So instead I like to try and incorporate exercise into my daily life whenever I can - which requires some creativity.

I spend a lot of time with my family. I go to bed early, don't watch too much television, don't read everything that's written about me whether positive or negative.

To me, life is about creating memories. The regular days kind of just blend in. You have to create special times so that you will always remember them.

Life's all about making choices. You've made the choice to pick up the pieces and keep going, even when you've been devastated over and over again.

When in doubt...shoe it out.

I had a nightmare that I slept without my nose tape on thank God it wasn't true!

I've spent, like, over a million dollars on that Superficial album, so you will not be getting new music from me unless you'd like to GoFundMe.

I should have known growing up and not having any money ever that I should have kept every dollar that I had.

During The Hills, we were not allowed to wear outfits twice, so I asked [MTV] to supply me with a wardrobe, but apparently I had to buy it all myself.

The dog that I was given on The Hills for Christmas is with my best friend's family.