Author: Stacy Schiff

Quotes

I'm a sucker for lost worlds. I was nostalgic even as a child. I was happiest in my hometown library in Adams, Mass., where nothing seemed to change.

I'm a sucker for lost worlds. I was nostalgic even as a child. I was happiest in my hometown library in Adams, Mass., where nothing seemed to change.

- Stacy Schiff

I can't write a line without music - it provides just the right amount of distraction to keep me focused. Clearly, I still miss the noisy roommates.

I can't write a line without music - it provides just the right amount of distraction to keep me focused. Clearly, I still miss the noisy roommates.

- Stacy Schiff

I have three children, each of whom is having an idyllic childhood, probably because I have been at the office the entire time.

I have three children, each of whom is having an idyllic childhood, probably because I have been at the office the entire time.

- Stacy Schiff

I wouldn't dare to speculate as to Cleopatra's falling in love. Her relationships are too convenient for that.

I wouldn't dare to speculate as to Cleopatra's falling in love. Her relationships are too convenient for that.

- Stacy Schiff

By the time Florence Nightingale got her neurotic hands on Cleopatra, she had been mangled beyond recognition by both history and literature.

By the time Florence Nightingale got her neurotic hands on Cleopatra, she had been mangled beyond recognition by both history and literature.

- Stacy Schiff

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