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> [The desk thing is a problem for me. The ideal one would be vast and perfectly clear. Yet the bane of the biographical existence is paper; if you're 'an artist under oath' you're writing from a mountain of documentation.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stacy-schiff/the-desk-thing-is-a-problem-for-me-the-ideal-one-would-be-vast-and/)

[Stacy Schiff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stacy-schiff/)

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> [Life-writing calls for any number of dubious gifts: A touch of O.C.D., a lack of imagination, a large desk, neutrality of Swiss proportions, tactlessness, a high tolerance for archival dust. Most of all it calls for an act of displacement.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stacy-schiff/life-writing-calls-for-any-number-of-dubious-gifts-a-touch-of-o-c-d-a/)

[Stacy Schiff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stacy-schiff/)

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## More by Stacy Schiff

> [As always, an educated woman was a dangerous woman.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stacy-schiff/as-always-an-educated-woman-was-a-dangerous-woman/)

[Stacy Schiff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stacy-schiff/)

> [Recently a study proved that working from a larger, less cluttered computer screen increases concentration. I could have told them that. And yes, I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stacy-schiff/recently-a-study-proved-that-working-from-a-larger-less-cluttered/)

[Stacy Schiff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stacy-schiff/)

> [“She did not believe Fate as painstaking as her husband; she was more inclined to take matters into her own hands. She had ample…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stacy-schiff/she-did-not-believe-fate-as-painstaking-as-her-husband-she-was-more/)

[Stacy Schiff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stacy-schiff/)

> [What we know about Cleopatra's looks is based purely on her coin portraits. Engraving was imperfect, and that when you are a ruler and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stacy-schiff/what-we-know-about-cleopatra-s-looks-is-based-purely-on-her-coin/)

[Stacy Schiff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stacy-schiff/)

> [No one in the modern world controls the wealth or territory that Cleopatra did.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stacy-schiff/no-one-in-the-modern-world-controls-the-wealth-or-territory-that/)

[Stacy Schiff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stacy-schiff/)

> [“Against a powerful enchantress there is no contest. Against a woman who ensnares a man in the coils of her serpentine intelligence - in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stacy-schiff/against-a-powerful-enchantress-there-is-no-contest-against-a-woman/)

[Stacy Schiff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stacy-schiff/)

> [Motherhood is always an act of courage.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stacy-schiff/motherhood-is-always-an-act-of-courage/)

[Stacy Schiff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stacy-schiff/)

> [Cleopatra stood at one of the most dangerous intersections in history; that of women and power. Clever women, Euripides had warned hundreds of years…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stacy-schiff/cleopatra-stood-at-one-of-the-most-dangerous-intersections-in-history/)

[Stacy Schiff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stacy-schiff/)

> [“Nabokov complained he was afflicted with total recall, an affliction of which he could be miraculously cured by the presence of a biographer.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stacy-schiff/nabokov-complained-he-was-afflicted-with-total-recall-an-affliction/)

[Stacy Schiff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stacy-schiff/)

> [“History existed to be retold, with more panache but not necessarily greater accuracy.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stacy-schiff/history-existed-to-be-retold-with-more-panache-but-not-necessarily/)

[Stacy Schiff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stacy-schiff/)

> [“Véra assumed her married name almost as a stage name; rarely has matrimony so much represented a profession. It was one of the ironies…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stacy-schiff/v-ra-assumed-her-married-name-almost-as-a-stage-name-rarely-has/)

[Stacy Schiff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stacy-schiff/)

> [When a woman teams up with a snake a moral storm threatens somewhere.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stacy-schiff/when-a-woman-teams-up-with-a-snake-a-moral-storm-threatens-somewhere/)

[Stacy Schiff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stacy-schiff/)

> [The interesting thing about Cleopatra is that she is such a shape-shifter. I mean through history we've all molded her to our times and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stacy-schiff/the-interesting-thing-about-cleopatra-is-that-she-is-such-a-shape/)

[Stacy Schiff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stacy-schiff/)

> [parenting is an exercise in unintended consequences.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stacy-schiff/parenting-is-an-exercise-in-unintended-consequences/)

[Stacy Schiff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stacy-schiff/)

> [Strangely enough, politics may just be the one realm in which having kids imposes no penalty on women. Kids are practically a necessity. For…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stacy-schiff/strangely-enough-politics-may-just-be-the-one-realm-in-which-having/)

[Stacy Schiff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stacy-schiff/)

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