Stacy Schiff Quotes

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Stacy Schiff

Profession : Author

Birth : October 26, 1961

Of course, women have long exercised influence behind the scenes. A few thousand years ago this drove Aristotle to distraction: 'What difference does it make whether women rule or the rulers are ruled by women? The result is the same.'

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You ever try to leave New York? I did once. I lasted about a year.

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Have you ever been married? Had that thing of someone calling you by a name not your own? It's unsettling. It's like a fictitious person.

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Nonfiction writers are the packhorses of literature. We're meant to carry the story. If we can make it up and down the mountain by a reliable if not scenic route, we have delivered. Technique is optional.

Stacy Schiff